dead ball or not

Question
ball pitched by pitcher hits ground before crossing home plate and batter hits it off the bounce off ground is it a dead ball or id it live and in play

Answer
Josh:  As long as the pitch meets the definition of a legal pitch from the pitcher, it does not matter if it hits the ground before the batter hits it.  

If that hit becomes a fair ball, it is live and in play.  If a foul pop up, or fly ball, it is playable.  On the ground foul, it becomes a dead ball when a defensive player contacts it in foul ground.

Yours in baseball,

Rick