[Rich]

Originally posted by Tim C
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

Penalty on an evaluation? I guess I would be dinged, then, as I will not let this situation be unclear in ANYONE'S mind.