Foul Tip and Foul Balls

[WestMichBlue]

Dakota: "IOW, the catcher had to make a play other than just hold on to the ball that was tipped into her glove."

OMQ: "I agree with Dakota, caught fly ball, due to the fact that glove went to ball."

I've seen this "moving the glove to the ball" concept in many other discussions about foul tips - and I just don't buy it.

In my example above, what if that ball blooped a little higher (say to the batter's chin) and fell a foot deeper right into the catcher's glove. Are you going to call that a foul tip - strike on the batter?

What if the pitch was a fastball and the bat struck the top of the ball and deflected it down 3" - and the catcher had quick enough reflexes to turn her glove down and catch the ball (that came straight and fast directly from the bat). Are you going to call that a caught line drive - batter out?

WMB