[RPatrino]

These last several posts have given me a headache. First you say not to point on the strike call? But I guess it was a misfire, and you meant to say, don't point on ball four.

As I 'point' when I call a strike vs. hammering it, I would take exception to your point. Now, we should never "point" toward first on a base on balls, we might say something like "ball four" or some such reminder to a unfocused batter.

Now, pointing with the left hand is sometimes the proper thing to do. For example, when I get an appeal on a check swing, I point to my partner with my LEFT hand and ask "did he go". This is to avoid any misunderstanding by pointing with the right.

I suppose I should take some pain killers before I read some of these posts.