Case Play 1-59
Can I remove this play from the case book? It seems to prove me wrong! DOH!
The ball goes directly from the bat, (a) touches the catcher's glove or hand and then rebounds from the catcher or their equipment, (b) from the bat, strikes the catcher's body, their protective equipment or the umpire. In both cases, the ball rebounds into the glove or hand or the catcher and is held.
Ruling: In (a) it is a foul tip and a strike, in (b) it is a foul ball. The ball cannot be a foul tip if it first touches anything other than the catcher's glove or hand. (1-FOUL TIP; 1-FOUL BALL-G; 7-4D)
So if the ball goes directly to the hand or mit before touching anthing else other than the ground is it ia foul tip?
If we modify (a) so that the ball goes from the bat to the catcher's glove then off of the umpire into the catcher's glove, is this a foul tip? Or can it only rebound off of the catcher or catchers equipment after touching their glove?
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