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Definition of foul tip in US English: foul tipnoun Baseball A pitched ball that tips off the bat and travels directly to the catcher's hands. Unlike a foul ball, a foul tip can be a batter's third strike. Example sentencesExamples - A dramatic smash may be good for four or six runs, but playing a ball off the edge of the bat, like a foul tip, can be just as effective.
- He cited the same reasons that many other catchers have for why they will squat on every pitch, sweat in all that gear and absorb foul tips and baserunners.
- Dent hopped around home plate, stung by the force of the foul tip.
- They take all kinds of abuse - they block balls, they get bashed by foul tips.
- It is not a foul tip unless it is caught, and any foul tip that is caught is a strike, and the ball is in play.
Derivatives noun Baseball A pitched ball that tips off the bat and travels directly to the catcher's hands. Unlike a foul ball, a foul tip can be a batter's third strike. Richie Sexson worked an 0-2 count full but foul-tipped a knee-high fastball into Barajas’ glove. Accordingly, for example, even if a foul-tipped ball strikes against the bank portion on the thumb side of the catcher's mitt, the mitt is hardly deviated, or shifted, relative to the hand. Gil Coan, fleet-footed outfielder for the Senators, recalls a game in which he foul-tipped a ball into the mitt of Red Sox catcher Birdie Tebbetts on an 0-2 count. Example sentencesExamples - He cited the same reasons that many other catchers have for why they will squat on every pitch, sweat in all that gear and absorb foul tips and baserunners.
- It is not a foul tip unless it is caught, and any foul tip that is caught is a strike, and the ball is in play.
- They take all kinds of abuse - they block balls, they get bashed by foul tips.
- Dent hopped around home plate, stung by the force of the foul tip.
- A dramatic smash may be good for four or six runs, but playing a ball off the edge of the bat, like a foul tip, can be just as effective.
Definition of foul tip in US English: foul tipnoun Baseball A pitched ball that tips off the bat and travels directly to the catcher's hands. Unlike a foul ball, a foul tip can be a batter's third strike. Example sentencesExamples - He cited the same reasons that many other catchers have for why they will squat on every pitch, sweat in all that gear and absorb foul tips and baserunners.
- It is not a foul tip unless it is caught, and any foul tip that is caught is a strike, and the ball is in play.
- They take all kinds of abuse - they block balls, they get bashed by foul tips.
- Dent hopped around home plate, stung by the force of the foul tip.
- A dramatic smash may be good for four or six runs, but playing a ball off the edge of the bat, like a foul tip, can be just as effective.
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