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Originally Posted by Dakota
You have a significant misunderstanding of the foul tip rule. The batted ball DOES need to go directly back and first contact the catcher's hand or glove...
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True,
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but after it does that, the ball does NOT need to be caught "clean" - it merely needs to be legally caught by the catcher.
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Not true. The legal catch must occur before the ball contacts
anything else, including the chest protector, mask, umpire, etc.
Additionally, a ball trapped against the chest protector is not legally caught.
David