Thread: Inflied Fly

This is a parody of the song commonly called "Jimmy Crack Corn" but whose real name is "Blue-Tail Fly" and is 100% true. This was from 2010. It boggles me that Real Paid Professional Baseball Players don't know the rule. That's rather like your tax pro not knowing you can deduct charitable donations.

Infield Fly

Atlanta Braves and New York Mets
A game I never will forget
Where something really went awry
The Braves didn’t know the infield fly


Chorus:
Runners advance at their own risk
Runners advance at their own risk
Runners advance at their own risk
The batter’s always out


Pagan at second, Castillo first
Reyes popped it up, then cursed
The umpire pointed to the sky
Signaling the infield fly


Chorus


Infante got in Chipper’s way
So he couldn’t make the play
The runners ran and this is why–
The umpire called the infield fly


Chorus


The catcher threw it to first base
The batter’s out in any case
They didn’t know that–my oh my
They need to learn the infield fly


Chorus


The base coach told Pagan to go
So he ran home and beat the throw
Mets scored a run, that ain’t no lie
Because they knew the infield fly


Chorus (x2)

Pronunciation Guide:
Pagan = puh-GAHN
Castillo = cas-TEE-yo
Reyes - RAY-ez
Infante - in-FAHN-tay

Infante

The "e" is pronounced "e" as in "heh". The Spanish "e" is never pronounced as the "a" in "tay".


Pagan

The "a" is not pronounced as the "u" in "puh". It is pronounced as "a" as in "padre".


Reyes

The "e" is never pronounced as the "a" in "ray". It is pronounced as the "e" in "rhetorical".


Castillo:

The "o" in Spanish is never pronounced as the "o" in "yo yo". It is pronounced as the "o" in "oh!".





BTW

What happened during that game? They didn't know the infield fly? How so? Just curious.

I was going off how the broadcasters say their names, not on the correct Spanish pronunciation of the words.

Whichever (Infante/Chipper) got the ball threw it in to the catcher, who apparently thought he had a play at 1B. The batter/runner is always out on the infield fly.