Foul Tip/Foul Ball

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by DG

I don't think a foul tip call is in order if the ball touched the batter after touching the catcher's mitt.

And from my understanding from another recent thread, it could not have become a fly out, because it did not rise significantly in its trajectory from the bat to the mitt. So the umpire's signal might've been a little late, but better late than premature.