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Originally Posted by Uncle George
According to the 2007 NFHS Baseball Rule book, Rule 2-16-2:
"A foul tip is a batted ball that goes directly to the catchers hands and is legally caught by any fielder. It shall be called a strike and the ball is in play."
SanDiegoSteve, help me out, in this situation it's a caught thrid strike foul tip, batter is out, thus the third out?
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All those who said the answer is a foul tip are correct. More importantly I do not care what Roder, Evans, or any other person has to say unless he can back up his argument with a rules citation.
Tim C wanted rules citations and that is what matters most. There are several rules with pertinent information to getting the right interp.
NF 2-16-2: Foul tip (see above citation by Uncle George)
NF 2-6-1: Batted ball (thrown ball). A batted ball or thrown ball is in flight until it has touched the ground or some object other than a fielder.
NF 2-9-1: Catch: A catch is the act of a fielder in getting secure possession in his hand or glove
of a live ball in flight and firmly holding it.
Answers: When pitcher throws ball in the dirt and batter with 2 strikes
swings and misses he may run to first. That is because a live thrown ball has touched the ground and therefore does not meet the definition a catch. It is an uncaught 3rd strike.
When pitcher throws the ball and it hits ground and then batter hits it, we now have a live batted ball in flight. If it is a line drive to 1B and caught in flight the batter is out. If it is a pop fly to RF (fair or foul) and caught in flight then the batter is out. It the ball goes from the bat directly to catchers hand and then caught in flight by any fielder the batter is out because this meets the definition of foul tip.