dropped third strike

[rwest]

Originally posted by mcrowder

2) R1 stealing, Batter foultips, which hits catchers glove, bounces up about 3 feet. Runner crosses plate prior to catcher catching it, but she DOES catch it. BR out. No run. (Is this how you'd call it in NZ?)

Would this not be a foul ball? I've always been told that a foul tip must be caught cleanly. By definition a foul tip is....

A batted ball that goes DIRECTLY from the bat, not higher than the batter's head, to the catcher's hand(s) or glove and is legally caught by the catcher.

If the ball bounces up off of the catchers glove, then, in my opinion, the ball did not go DIRECTLY to the glove.

So in this situation I would have a foul ball and put the runner back on 3rd.