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Originally posted by DG
About the only time I can think of that I have said "batter's out" and I actually think I probably say "he's out" is on a dropped third strike when 1B is occupied and there are less than 2 outs.
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Yes, this is the only appropriate time to verbalize a swinging strike 3 call.
Of course you don't say "batter's out" when it is an obviously caught third strike. I don't think anyone here meant that at all. That would be equal to saying "take your base."
You do need to let the batter, catcher, and everyone else for that matter, know what's going on with an uncaught third strike, with 1B occupied and less than 2 outs.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with saying "he's out" in this case.
BTW, our association changed the mechanic for caught fly balls to "he's out" from "that's a catch" about 15 years ago, because the pro schools said there was too much confusion between "that's a catch" and "no catch."