Here I got one that JimPiano can jump on that we use and thats not in the book.. and the book is lame on this one. (note: I think its a very different situation to have umpire to umpire signals agreed to pregame as opposed to using invented signals to call your game to the crowd).
The book wants you yelling across the field asking for the count if you lose it.
Lame.
We tap the top of our hat, our partner knows we want the count which is sent back by signal. There is no need to verbalize that.
I do pretty good count wise as PU, sometimes as BU I will miss the call of the pitch because something happened (say a steal).
Do you guys yell "Hey I'm stupid and lost the count" or do you use the hat/other signal to get the count?
Well hell, you guys probably never lose the count
