Strike signals

[Dave Hensley]

Originally posted by IHSAIllini
Okay, I understand the theory - however, it IS still strike three, according to the rules? If so, why is the verbal "strike three" discouraged if it's different than "batter's out"?

Bluezebra either misspoke or is suffering a senior moment. There is no problem verbalizing "strike three" on a called strike three. "Batter's out" is what you don't want to say, simply because getting into that habit opens the door to your saying it out of habit but incorrectly in a situation when the batter is NOT out on strike three.

This is kind of deja vu, isn't it?