Thread: Got me thinking
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Old Mon Aug 11, 2008, 12:10am
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Originally Posted by johnnyg08
foul tip has to touch glove first.
Can you cite the relevent rule?

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Here's what J/R says: "A nicked pitch that initially strikes something other than the catcher's glove or hand (e.g. the ground, batter, umpire, mask, protector) cannot be a foul tip; it is simply a nick and foul."
Like I said ... doh!

I might want to get me one of them J/R rule thingy books.
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