Foul Tip

[Dakota]

Originally posted by greymule
Maybe we can get a definitive ruling on the FP play in which the batter swings at a knee-high pitch and hits a spinning ball, perceptibly altered in direction and speed, up and backward toward the catcher, who catches it in hand or glove at about the height of the batter's neck.

The key to this call, IMO, is did the catcher make a play on the batted ball? If yes, then the ball did not go directly from the bat to the glove, but rather the glove went to the ball, hence, an out.

The higher than the batter's head is key to the call in that if it goes higher than the batter's head off the bat, it is not a foul tip. Staying below the batter's head, however, does not mean it is always a foul tip.