In my opinion you guys are over thinking this.
If Fed still wants to call out the BR when first base is touched by a player with the ball, despite the fact that for the past 3 years there has been no rule to cover this call, I think that a batted ball that goes directly from the bat to the catchers body, not her hands, is simply a foul ball. Tell the coach that this is by tradition and custom, then let him protest. To do otherwise would be against truth, justice and the American way.
The WMB questions about the catch or foul ball would simply be covered by the definitions of a catch elsewhere.
Roger Greene
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