Slow Pitch - Foul Tip? - The Official Forum

#3 (permalink)

Wed May 02, 2007, 10:43am

Dakota

Official Forum Member

Join Date: Sep 2000

Location: Twin Cities MN

Posts: 8,154

Quote:

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp

The rule used to be that a foul tip was a foul ball hit to the catcher that was no higher than the batter's head.

That was not the rule at all. The "higher than the batter's head" would make what was otherwise a foul tip into a catch for an out, but not the other way around. Perhaps this misunderstanding is why ASA changed the rule. Or, maybe they were just following NFHS (which changed it first).

__________________
Tom

Bookmarks

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is On Trackbacks are On Pingbacks are On Refbacks are On Forum Rules

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
ASA Slow Pitch -- Legal Pitch??	gdc25	Softball	1	Fri Jun 30, 2006 02:22pm
Slow Pitch Camp	Fozzie	Softball	0	Tue Apr 11, 2006 09:20am
Bats: Slow-pitch v. Fast-pitch	Blu_IN	Softball	3	Tue Jul 12, 2005 12:12pm
Slow Pitch, Fast Pitch, Baseball...they are all the same...	Bandit	Softball	5	Mon Jun 14, 2004 07:00pm
ASA Slow Pitch End of Play?	Dukat	Softball	11	Sun May 06, 2001 07:48am

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 07:32am.