Foul Tip

[Dakota]

I agree with Andy. To be a foul tip, the batted ball has to meet all of the conditions specified in the rule. The "not higher than the batter's head" is just one of the conditions. Not all batted balls that stay below the batter's head are foul tips.

It is not a foul tip if it goes higher than the batter's head.

It is not a foul tip if it touches something besides the catcher's hands or glove first.

It is not a foul tip if it is not caught by the catcher.

It is not a foul tip if it does not go directly to the hands or glove of the catcher. That is, if the glove goes to the ball, the catcher made a play on the ball, and then the ball did not go directly to the glove.

The play as you described it was an out - a caught fly ball.