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Originally Posted by PWL
If I'm working with a base ump with something on the ball and I know the batter DIDN'T go, a simple "NO, HE DIDN'T GO DID HE?" Signal safe, satisfies the barking dogs and makes me happy. If he gives the strike, they bark at my partner. Win, win situation.
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Sounds like the mid-80s old-timer and his secret signals. No thanks.
Again, all that's important is intent. I won't hesitate to ring one up from the middle and I will ALWAYS ask my partner, regardless of the rule set. If he rings it up, it's another strike. We like strikes.
I'm surprised at Carl -- his mechanics for the 21st century are quite forward-thinking and his thinking on this issue is stuck somewhere in the seventies.