Noun
a short high fly ball
Source: WordNetpop-fly
One day there were two out in the ninth, and I hit a pop fly so high that the fans got tired of waiting for it to come down. So they all went home and listened to it drop by turning on the radio. Ted Lyons
Coconino senior center fielder McKenna Gladden saved a run in the fifth inning on a forward diving catch on Mingus junior second baseman Ashley McCracken’s pop fly into shallow center. Source: Internet
But Cook had already taken off from second base and, after catching the pop fly, Sullivan quickly pivoted and threw to behind Cook to second base for the third out, ending the inning and preserving Thompson Valley’s one-run lead after six innings. Source: Internet
For the Dodgers, Isabella Redding caught a pop fly at third and Chyanne Keeler and Jonah Hayes each hit singles. Source: Internet
The next inning, he gave up a leadoff single, but with his catcher having simplified his signals, Paige got the next batter to hit into a double play, followed by a pop fly. Source: Internet
The Crawfords lost a game to a white semi-pro team when their star catcher, Josh Gibson dropped a pop fly, and Gibson was accused of throwing the game at the behest of gamblers. Source: Internet