Foul Tip Into Catcher's Glove

[BretMan]

And while we're on the subject...

If the ball comes off the bat NOT sharply and directly- that is, not in a straight line path to the glove, but with an arcing path- then it's NOT a foul tip. It's treated as a batted fly ball, same as any other anywhere else on the field, and it can be caught on the fly for an out, no matter how high it goes.

 

[MTR]

ASA took out that "not higher than . . ." language in 2006 or so because it was confusing people. What they meant was, "if it's over the batter's head, it can't be a foul tip." But people took it to mean, "if it's NOT over the batter's head, it IS a foul tip." Which is not what was intended, so they took it out.

Actually, it was changed because a foul tip should not be judged by the height of the batter and it made the rule consistent with that of the NCAA & NFHS.