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I too, never say "batter's out". The only thing I do differently on a dropped third strike where a batter can, by rule, run to first, is to not make the out signal. I purposefully do not use the closed fist to signal strikes. To me, that signals an out. A strike is a point of the hand in some manner. This avoids confusion on the dropped third strike.
Assuming first base is open or two are out, if the dropped third strike is looking, I'll verbalize strike and point. If it's swinging, I'll just point.
I had the defense throw the ball away this weekend on a dropped third strike with first base occupied and 1 out. The coach asked me about the rule and I had to explain it to him. Oyyy! No wonder the kid's didn't know...
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Well I am certainly wiser than this man. It is only too likely that neither of us has any knowledge to boast of; but he thinks that he knows something which he does not know, whereas I am quite conscious of my ignorance. At any rate it seems that I am wiser than he is to this small extent, that I do not think that I know what I do not know. ~Socrates
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