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[Mountaineer]

Originally Posted by Ran.D

Do mechanics require that the batter be called out on a dropped third strike when the rule applies, or is simply calling strike three sufficient?

I do remind the coaches of younger teams of the "1B occupied and less than 2 outs" rule and encourage them to communicate with their catchers.

Require? I will say "Strike Three - batter out" if the situation warrants that. Otherwise, I just call "Strike Three". I then call the batter out when they walk into dead ball territory.