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Baseball rules about tipped foul ball.?
Why isn't the batter out when the ball is tipped into the catcher's mitt? It's a caught foul ball isn't it so the batter should be out.
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- dawgdaysLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
A pitch that is tipped and goes sharp and direct and first touches the catcher's hand or glove and is then caught is a foul tip. A foul tip is a strike, and is treated in all ways as a swinging strike. If it is the third strike, the batter is out. The ball remains live, and runners may steal on a foul tip.
If a ball is tipped, goes sharp and direct, and is not caught, or is caught after first touching something other than the catcher's hand or glove, it is a foul ball.
If the pitch is tipped, and rises into the air with an appreciable arc (though it is not required to rise above the catcher's or batter's head) it is a foul fly ball, and if caught, the batter is out.
Hope this helps.
Source(s): Rules 2.00 FOUL TIP, FOUL BALL. I'm an umpire. I suspect you could tell. - 8 years ago
The batter is out when, the foul tip is caught by the catcher on the third strike. Otherwise the the ball is caught in the air as a foul ball off the bat. ie; bunted ball pop up.
Source(s): By rule.
