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Originally Posted by jbsnadb
While generally improbable, the ump had declared it an infield fly, meaning the batter is automatically out and the runners are prohibited from advancing. Now, I still have runners on first and second, but a run has scored.
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You're half right, but half don't understand the rule. The batter should have been out automatically. However, there is no rule against the runners advancing. An infield fly is still a live ball, and the runners can advance at their own risk, just the same as any ball hit into the air. The ONLY thing the infield fly rule does is it makes the batter instantly out.
So if a fielder failed to catch the ball and it skipped away from him it's perfectly possible that a runner could have scored. What's NOT possible is that the batter reached base.
This is covered under Rule 2.00, Definitions, "Infield Fly."