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Question About Foul Tip on Strike Three (Ball Bounces)
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timelydew
Question is simple - with two outs or with first base unoccupied, if a batter nicks (foul tips) a pitch with two strikes on him that skips into the catcher's mitt, is this still considered "sharp and direct" enough to be considered a foul tip into the glove, or must it be caught without a bounce? Keep reading for the other part of my question which is related.
Assuming that's not a foul tip and not an automatic strikeout, is this just a foul ball, or could it be an uncaught third strike? I was playing MLB: The Show and this happened. With two out, the batter nicked/tipped the ball, which bounced into the dirt and into the catcher's mitt. It was not treated as a foul tip, but rather as an uncaught third strike where the catcher had to make the out at first. Was this incorrect? I actually can't seem to find these answers. To me, that's just a foul ball, isn't it? I've set it so the umps make occasional mistakes, but when the uncaught third strike happened, I figured something was amiss.
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Something about @Rich Ives's answer isn't jiving with what you're describing... ' Pitched ball makes contact with the bat, then hits the ground (for the sake of this scenario and brevity, we'll s
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