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Originally Posted by DG
A batter who has one foot in the box gets his sign quicker than one out of the box. And a batter with one foot in the box does not take 2-3 practice swings after getting the sign. Try keeping the batter in the box and you will save some valuable game time.
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Unless it's a timed game (and the HS games in this area are NOT), it's gonna take 7-innings one way or the other.
I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree whether taking the sign with one foot out of the batter's box is so much faster that it warrants admonishing each batter who fails to do it than those batters who have the
other foot out of the batter's box, as well.
I attended another one of my sons' games tonight and I was, again, paying particular attention to this. I'm sorry, I just don't see it.
I *did* see a few batters waste some time out of the batter's box who were NOT getting any signs. They could have probably used a word encouraging them to get into the box. But getting the signs? ... pfft ... a non-issue from my observations.
David Emerling
Memphis, TN