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Tim,
I respectfully disagree. I think there are instances where it is ok (sometimes even preventive officiating) to say "the batter's out". In fact, if Eddings didn't have that horsesh!t strike 3 flat arm mechanic and just come out with the fist only, Pierzynski probably wouldn't have run to first. Take it one step further and say "that's a catch" while pumping the fist and I can almost guarantee he wouldn't have run to first. And if that doesn't do the trick, as soon as Pierzynski took off to first, I would have sold the sh!t out of the call by walking up the line and emphatically saying "that's a catch, batter's out, the batter is out!" while pumping my fist.
At umpire school, back in 2000, they still taught "Infield Fly, batter's out". I don't know if that has changed since then. Just my opinion
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