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Fri Jul 11, 2008, 08:03am
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You could have fifty coaches tell you this is a foul tip...and they would all still be wrong!
The umpire had it right on his first call. No need to second guess himself here- this is a simple foul ball. 
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Fri Jul 11, 2008, 08:20am
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Did she pick up the ball from between her knees before it touched the ground? I was assuming she did. If so, caught foul ball. If she let it drop, just a foul ball.
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Dave I haven't decided if I should call it from the dugout or the outfield. Apparently, both have really great views! Screw green, it ain't easy being blue! I won't be coming here that much anymore. I might check in now and again.
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Fri Jul 11, 2008, 08:43am
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NCASAUmp, it cannot be a catch (caught foul ball) if it went sharp and direct back toward the catcher. Sharp and direct to the catcher can be a foul tip (if it goes to the hand or mitt first) or a foul ball, but not a catch for an out.
CajunNewBlue, whom taught you grammar?
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Fri Jul 11, 2008, 08:50am
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Dave I haven't decided if I should call it from the dugout or the outfield. Apparently, both have really great views! Screw green, it ain't easy being blue! I won't be coming here that much anymore. I might check in now and again.
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Fri Jul 11, 2008, 09:02am
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I think you just have a foul ball.
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Fri Jul 11, 2008, 09:23am
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Now, I ask, what is this purpose of the defined foul tip except to allow a runner to attempt an advance without re-touching after the catch?
The play seems to me to be a caught foul ball, by all definitions, eventhough it is not a foul tip.
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Fri Jul 11, 2008, 09:59am
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The play seems to me to be a caught foul ball, by all definitions, even though it is not a foul tip.
Think about it. Batter swings and there's an audible "tick" but no perceptible deflection or slowing of the ball. The ball travels straight back to the catcher's chest protector and bounces off. The catcher then grabs the ball in the air with his bare hand and secures it. How can this be anything other than merely a foul ball?
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Fri Jul 11, 2008, 08:45am
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All I have on this is a foul tip "foul ball." It does not meet the requirements to be a foul tip strike nor does it meet the requirements of a foul fly ball for an out. Unless I'm missing something here, which has happened before.
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