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Old Thu May 10, 2007, 04:18pm
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...so why should we tell batters when there is a D3K?
Because sometimes the umpire is the ONLY one who knows whether the pitch (in his judgement) was "legally caught" or not and it is the umpire's job to make those judgements and communicate his decision to the participants.

This is NOT coaching. You are equally informing the Batter(/Runner?) and the Catcher of your ruling.

No different than a fly ball that a fielder may or may not have caught. The umpire makes his ruling and announces it so all the players know what the situation is and have the opportunity to react accordingly.

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