Thread: Foul Tip
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Old Sat Jan 12, 2008, 05:53pm
IRISHMAFIA IRISHMAFIA is offline
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Originally Posted by greymule
Pitch goes sharp and direct off the bat to the catcher's mitt and rebounds into the air halfway to the mound. F1 dives to catch the ball but instead knocks it toward F2, who catches it in the air. If the ball never hit the ground, you'd have to rule this a foul tip also. Meets the definition.

No, because a foul tip must be caught by the catcher, by rule.


Man, this season better get here quick, I can't even keep my Fs in line!
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But F2 did catch it: ". . . F2, who catches it in the air."
Another one that I don't want to be around to sell. I agree, by the rule, this meets the definition of a foul tip unless someone can find something in the book to nullify it. I couldn't.
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