I'm not an ump, but as a dad and sometimes coach...
Part of the problem with rules confusion on the part of non-umps is the perpetuation of poorly-named sitches...for example, a caught "foul tip" isn't really a "foul ball", and you don't need to always "drop" a third strike to initiate the D3K rule (change name to 'uncaught' 3K?). That's all I can think of now but i'm sure there are others.
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