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Originally posted by SAump
ADVICE FOR NEWBIE: Don't RAISE your right arm and point after a strike call. People in TEXAS will LAUGH at YOU.
However, there are many situations in baseball that may require an umpire to raise his right arm and point. I would take the time to list them all off the top of my head, but I wouldn't want you to confuse them with your INCORRECT strike call mechanic. I stopped after NINE, but I could have easily listed FIVE more on my mind. Thought I would give it a REST and give you time to get a CLUE. Can you name the ONE I didn't LIST FIRST?
1 PLAY BALL
2 LIVE BALL
3 FAIR BALL
4 One OUT
5 Home Run
6 One More Warmup Pitch Pitcher
7 Take Your Base AWARD Batter
8 He's out right there (1st out of DP)
9 Your outta here (ejection)
One thing is for sure, your advice not to point after ball four is inconsitent with the rulebook. Perhaps you should think first before you join in on the chicken dance.
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Inconsistent with the rule book? Reference please.
Most of the items on the list do not occur after a pitch. A raised right hand after a pitch (that is not batted) is *usually* a strike call. Thus, a raised right hand after a pitch will *usually* be interpreted as a strike call. If the umpire means something different, then there's the possibility for confusion. To minimize the confusion, the umpire should use a different method of conveying the information.
On the "Multiple batters switching boxes" issue -- all (most?) of us agree that it's bush-league. Dealing with it becomes a game-management issue though, not a rules issue. You can't tell the team not to switch boxes. You can tell them to act only in a sporting manner (at least in most less-than-pro leagues -- in pro-leagues, the issue will resolve itself with 5.25 oz @ 90mph into the ribs).
I'm not going to take the time to go back through the thread to see what you actually wrote -- but what I read (and it might be my error) is that you indicated that the act of switching was illegal. It's not.