Line drive to the frontal lobe

Found this scary video (and amusing description) at With Leather: "Notre Dame's Wade Korpi took a line drive off his dome during his start last weekend against Rutgers, leaving him on the ground for about five minutes before he walked off the field under his own power.  When asked to comment on the play, he said, "Butterfly jelly banana good hammer.""

I don't follow baseball so, if the ball ricocheted into the first baseman's glove, would the batter have been out?

Bonus Still Shot: Man gets one in the kisser by flying bat.

Comments

[Andy Small]

I think so.
As I understand the rules of baseball the ball is still considered "in the air" till it either hits the wall or it goes over the wall.