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Originally posted by bob jenkins
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Originally posted by mick
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Originally posted by His High Holiness
A simple no-catch signal on the plate umpire's part alerts everyone to the fact that you know that the catcher did not catch the ball. The players respond accordingly and you are not left with cleaning up a manure pile.
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Peter,
Makes sense, ...again.
Does MLB teach this?
Is it after the strike three signal?
Is it verbalized?
Thanks.
mick
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I've seen it at the MiLB level, and I've used it at the HS, JuCo and D-III level. I only use it when the drop isn't obvious (skip into the glove, or hit the glove and drop straight down -- was that a catch or not?) --if the ball is back to the screen, everyone knows it wasn't caught so there's no signal or verbalization. There is a verbal, but I can't remember if mine is "no catch" or "on the ground" or "dropped" or something else -- it's probably been all of those at one time or another.
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Thanks, bob.
So, the verbalization is a courtesy to the batter, since the catcher already knew he did not make the catch cleanly?
That doesn't seem exactly fair.
Where's the trade off for the defense?
Thanks.
mick