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Originally Posted by NCASAUmp
The rule used to be that a foul tip was a foul ball hit to the catcher that was no higher than the batter's head.
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That was not the rule at all. The "higher than the batter's head" would make what was otherwise a foul tip into a catch for an out, but not the other way around. Perhaps this misunderstanding is why ASA changed the rule. Or, maybe they were just following NFHS (which changed it first).