3rd Strike In The Dirt

[dash_riprock]

Thanks MB - I remember it now. That is, for sure, a "need to know if it's a catch" situation. Can't be silent there.

But on a DTS when the B/R cannot advance, I'm calling the strike and nothing else. If you loudly call "batter's out! batter's out!" when the B/R cannot advance, as some have suggested, sooner or later you will do it with 2 outs and the bases loaded. And everyone stops. Now what?

If you never call it, you will never F it up.

[bob jenkins]

Somewhere in the FED case book, there's a case where the PU is instructed to "forcefully" call the batter out when he attempts to run in a situation when he can't. (okay -- I could probably word that in a better way.)

It's not everytime the batter is out.

I use that at all levels -- telling the runners they don't need to leave the base and telling the defense they don't need to make a play.

ymmv.