Foul tip

[JefferMC]

Originally Posted by tcblue13

NSA 2006 Ruleset
1-22
FOUL TIP: A foul tip is a batted ball that goes directly from the bat, not higher than the batter's head, to the catcher's hands or glove/mitt, and is legally caught by the catcher. A foul tip is a strike. The batter is out if it is the third strike. A foul tip is a dead ball. Exception: The Men's Major and AA divisions, the ball remains alive.
Note:- Any foul tip is a strike

For a minute, I was shaking my head... how can NSA have such a fundamental disagreement with everyone else. Then I realized that was a slow pitch definition. The fastpitch definition reads:

Originally Posted by NSA 2006 Rules, p77

Sec. 26 FOUL TIP: A foul tip is a batted ball that goes directly from the bat, not higher than the batters head, to the catcher’s hands or glove/mitt, and is legally caught by the catcher. A foul tip is a strike. The batter is out if it is the third strike. A foul tip remains alive. A runner may advance with liability to be put out from one base to another on a foul tip without tagging. The foul tip is treated as if it were a swing and miss. A batted ball that travels directly from the bat not higher than the batter’s head to any part of the catcher’s body or equipment other than the hand(s) or glove/mitt is a foul ball is dead and is not a foul tip. A batted ball that goes higher than the batter’s head is a foul ball. It is not a foul tip. If legally caught, the batter is out.
NOTE: Any foul tip is a strike, and the ball is in play.

Superfluously and redunantly thorough and redunant, aren't they? But what is this about the ball hitting the catcher being dead?