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Originally posted by IHSAIllini
Here's the thing - I didn't used to do this, say three years ago. But then as I started doing higher-level ball, batters would take off without seeing if the catcher dropped it or not. I needed a way to indicate there was no possibility of a D3K, and the batter's out verbal does that nicely. I only invoke it when the batter becomes out - when the ball is caught cleanly, or when the batter is put out on D3K situation. (Also, I mainly work 1-man, so that's another reason I do what I do.)
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On those rare occasions when the batter runs on a caught, called third strike, I will quietly acknowledge for the *catcher's* benefit that the batter's out with a "that's caught" or a "yeah, he's out." This is, as I said, a relatively rare occurrence; I would still advise against adopting a routine "strike three, batter's out" verbalization.