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					Originally Posted by  Rich
					 
				 
				Voice and signal at the same time is the school way for BASEBALL.  Which is why it didn't seem unusual to me, I guess. 
 
As someone considering working HS fastpitch games next season (I have a license that I maintain cause I assign and....you never know) it's great to see.  My timing is a bit slower than his, but he did an amazing job for having to call so many pitches.  I doubt after so long I could split the verbal and the signal without feeling goofy about it. 
			
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 When I started working FP softball after doing baseball for ten years, it did take me a while to rewire my brain to do the two-count Strike mechanic. I was often accused of being a baseball umpire trying to do softball games. 
Now when I work an occasional baseball game just to help a local league out with their shortfalls, I get accused of being a softball umpire trying to do baseball. Go figure.