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Why do we (and TV broadcasters) say....

(when a batter grounds out)

[... and there's 2 outs]


TV broadcasters would almost never say

[... and there're 2 outs]

while some may say

[... and there're now 2 outs]
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HenHanna@NewsGrouper wrote:

Why do we (and TV broadcasters) say....

(when a batter grounds out)

[... and there's 2 outs]

Short for "there is", it seems incorrect here because
"2 outs" is not a single thing. However, in English
by English speakers, it's simply easier to say.

TV broadcasters would almost never say

[... and there're 2 outs]

while some may say

[... and there're now 2 outs]

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On Fri, 04 Jul 2025 17:30:30 GMT, HenHanna@NewsGrouper wrote:

Why do we (and TV broadcasters) say....

(when a batter grounds out)

[... and there's 2 outs]

I guess they are treating "2 outs" as a single conditional-state (a gate)
to allow double play. Not that I know anything about baseball...
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On 05/07/2025 08:52, David Entwistle wrote:

Not that I know anything about baseball...

It's rounders. Played when you can't find the stumps.
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