Foul pop

[UmpJM]

Zoochy,

It depends. You didn't give us enough information.

First, when the catcher "misplayed" the pop up, did he touch it? If he did, and the ball was over foul territory when he did, it is an uncaught foul ball and is, therefore, immediately dead. (Were the ball over fair territory when he touched it, it would be a fair batted deflected ball.)

If the catcher did not touch it on the "misplay"....

Second, did the batter not have a reasonable opportunity to avoid the ball after the misplay and bounce, or did he just stand there and watch it hit him, even though he could have easily avoided it?

If the former, it's a foul ball.

If the latter, and you believe the ball would have gone fair if the batter had not allowed it to hit him, call the batter out for interference & return any runners.

JM