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I found this in the 2008 book...sorry for not posting from a current version but this is the latest I have.
RS 22 Foul Ball / Foul Tip:
"...The defintion of a foul ball has not changed. However, a foul tip is now defined as a batted ball that goes sharply and directly from the bat to the catcher's glove / mitt or hand and is legally caught by the catcher. It is not a foul tip unless caught and any foul tip that is caught is a strike, and the ball remains live in Fast Pitch and Slow Pitch with stealing.
It is not a catch if the ball rebounds off the catcher, unless the ball has first touched the catcher's glove / mitt or hand. Again only a foul tip can be caught by the catcher."
Looking at the bolded sentence above, it seems to me that a ball hit sharply and directly back that does not first hit a catcher's glove or hand is a foul ball.
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