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ASA 8.2.C: BATTER-RUNNER IS OUT...when, after a fly ball is hit, the ball is caught by a fielder before it touches the ground, any object or person other than a defensive player.
ASA 1: A fly ball is any ball batted into the air.
Please note there is no height nor fair/foul requirements and if the ball wasn't batted to the ground, though many would consider this a "technicality", it could be sold as a fly ball. In turn, 8.2.C would then apply.
And if you think about it, most line drives back to the pitcher do not get above the batter's head.
The only place I see a reference to the ball being over the batter's head is a negative one under the definition of Foul Tip.
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