Thread: Is this a foul tip or a foul ball.
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Old Fri Jul 16, 2010, 11:12am
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Originally Posted by BuggBob View Post
0-2 Count pitched ball hits in from of the plate, batter swings and ball goes directly from the bat the catcher?s mitt, where it is caught. The question is this a D3K, or a foul tip, or both, or a foul ball? Can the batter advance because of the D3K? Can runners advance because of the foul tip?

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This was on the ASA exam a couple of years ago. Through me for a loop, but the key is that the rule reads that the runner can advance when the ball is not caught in flight (or something to that effect.) Since the ball hit the bat, it was in flight again.
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