Foul Tip of Foul ball

[T Alan]

Dave:

By definition alone whle a ball striking the ground before a swing can never be considered a caught third strike a 'foul tip' definition starts after the ball strikes the bat.

It is kinda/sorta clear that the foul tip that moves quickly and directly can be caught.

So the point really becomes:

BR can always run on a third strike IF the ball has struck the ground prior to the swing, YET, it appears that if he happens to foul tip the ball he is then out????

In golf officiating we have a term called "In Equity" which means we find a common sense agreement.

CArl will be best to answer but "In Equity" it would seem that the BR should be able to run on both the swinging strike and foul tip situation.

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