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To me a foul tip is a ball that responds as though it was not touched by the bat at all; that is, it more or less continues along it's original path into the catcher's glove and is caught. I have yet to see a catcher with quick enough reflexes to catch a tipped ball that deviates more than an inch or so from it's original trajectory. If the ball's trajectory (that's direction and speed) is altered significantly enough to allow the catcher to move her glove and/or her body to catch it, that is a caught fly ball and an OUT.
I'm not sure if my description makes the issue any clearer for the3 rest of you folks, but I know it when I see it.
SamC
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