But it's just a foul old tip, Ruth thought; why do we still have to come here?

"It's been a long time behind the plate taking the foul tips," Santiago said.

A throw to the correct base, running hard down the line, a strong foul tip - these are all events to be applauded.

"It was a foul tip all the way," he said.

Perhaps the batter had watched Carter shake off another foul tip.

A foul tip is always a strike, even if there are two strikes on the batter.

A foul tip hit Demeter on the knee cost a few games.

It's a foul tip, but the umpire calls strike three.

But even then, it was only a foul tip that whizzed by the catcher.

A foul tip is considered a strike and the ball remains "in play."