"Over the batter's head"?!
Glad to see a softball board here.
Maybe some of youze slo-pitch people can help here. The only softball I do is LL (all levels), whose rules are essentially those of fastpitch, I believe. Sitch: I've got the dish. Less than two strikes. B1 attempts bunt. The rock strikes her bat and arcs about a foot into the air, then settles pleasantly in F2's (she's in foul territory, as if it matters) mitt. I wait my beat and call B1 out. Manager of offense gets his shorts in a knot and relates his disapproval to me. He then starts with [and here's where I need your help] this, "It's gotta go over her head" horsesh&t. Now, this rule exists nowhere in LL, trust me. I explain to him it's either a foul tip or a fly out, and I chose the latter. QED. I tried to keep him in the game, just because he was so earnest, even when he gave me old "Show it to me in the rulebook," to which I replied with my standard, "Nope. You show me." No EJ resulted. After the game (of course, the complainer won), he approached me again, in kindly fashion. I said, "Found the rule yet?" He laughed. I at least showed him how the play could NOT be considered a foul tip. Now, is this over-the-head palaver an existing or archaic rule in slo-pitch? This is, obviously, only for my own edification. Ace Holleran |
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This past year, both NFHS and ASA have removed that language with the same explanation; it was unnecessary, and previously misinterpreted. Ball sharply and directly to the mitt; foul tip. Ball not directly to the mitt (has an arc, or mitt moves to the ball), caught foul ball. |
You made the right call from my perspective . . .
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A foul tip is only an out if strike three. |
Count was less than two strikes--otherwise batter is out for foul bunt.
BTW, "mitt moves to ball" can certainly be a foul tip, in LL anyway. tah |
Foul tip directly into the catchers mitt is an "out" according to our state and regional UIC. This is ASA of course and why wouldn't it be an out? Batter swings, makes contact with the ball and it's caught before touching the ground. Why wouldn't that be an out no matter what the count is?
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If it goes sharply and directly to the mitt (and the mitt doesn't move) it's just a foul tip. Batter out only if it is strike 3. Why? Because the ASA rule book says so. |
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Well, that was quick!
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When I get back from vacation, I'll get more into this...
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Here's more
From the April 2006 Clarifications/Plays page at www.softball.org/umpires/index.asp
Starting this season, 2006, the reference of the |
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