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Well,
mcrowder:
With all due respect, umpires are taught (by the "Best of the Best") to not say "Batter's Out!"
It is not, as you have intoned, "beneath" any umpire . . . it is quite simply the way the mechanic is taught.
As I mentioned, all that "may" change. Until that time I will not call "Batter's Out!", nor will I teach it, nor will our evaluators allow the statement without a penalty on an evaluation.
Umpiring is slow to change (see HSM and instant replay) and this may well be the next thing to change -- but it has not changed, yet.
Tee
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