IMO the only problem I might possible see for someone who does the hammer for strikes and outs (which I have been doing for 6 years) is a 3rd stike foul tip... But even then your first signal is the FT followed by , in my case, the hammer for the out...
Otherwise the hammer strike is used with the verbal called "strike" which is clearly different from the called "third stike out" (or should be). Although I seem to remember a MLB Ump who had the same signal for all 3 strikes?
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