3rd Strike "Call"

hatman10+ posts

As a PU, when the batter swings and misses the ball, caught "clean" by the catcher, counting as the third strike, I have always called "Strike three, batter out".

Yesterday, I attended a HS umpire clinic where the instructors told us to never call "Batter Out" in this scenario. They said all that is necessary is to call "Strike 3". Looked in the NFHS rule book, and couldn't find any reference to calling "Batter Out".

I have called this in the past because I thought this was a good practice to let the batter (and everyone in attendance) know "it's over, return to the bench"

According to the instructors, I should no longer call "Batter Out". Comments?

3/14/103:20 PM

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