[SRW]

I had two new rules I learned last night...

1. With no runners on base, a fly batted ball is caught in foul territory by the left fielder on the run, and is carried into dead ball territory. In this case, the runner's not out, they're awarded 1B on the catch and carry.

2. The "clamshell" backstops with the "roof" have different rules as to what constitutes a foul tip. If the ball is popped up and only goes less than half way to the roof from the ground and is caught, then it's only a foul tip. If it goes more than half way up and is caught, or hits the roof, then it's a foul ball. But then it depends on if it's caught in fair or foul ground. If caught in fair ground, even after hitting the roof, it's an out. If in foul ground, it's merely a foul ball.

I was amazed that Kevin R. and the NUS didn't mention these in Atlanta last week...