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Originally Posted by Rita C
So, no offense, but "duh!"
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Maybe I was clarifying that for readers less astute than yourself.
Since we have some posters saying that we should NEVER use, "Batter out", and some saying that we should, I wanted to make it clear exactly what mechanic we were discussing.
I have been told to not use, "Batter out", as part of my
routine strike three call (and I don't). If you just automatically say it on
every called third strike then you are eventually going to say it
when the batter really isn't out. Then you'll have the fun of dealing with the mess you just made by declaring a batter out who wasn't.
These are two completely different situations, requiring two completely different mechanics. While this might be "Duh" stuff for the experienced umpires here, the difference hadn't really been noted.