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I hate it when...
umpires "commentate" pitches. "Ball, deep" or "Ball, outside" with the "appropriate hand signal".
I asked a partner of mine one night during our slow pitch league how he would call a pitch that was no higher than 10' and landed 3" behind the tip of the plate. His response was "Strike". I then asked him why he wouldn't say "Strike, right down the middle". I made my point and he is working losing this bad habit.
There is no hand signal for the ball hitting the plate. Nor is there one for a pitch that is "deep" or "inside" or "outside". They are all just "Ball".
Also, the hitting of the hands together as if you are holding a bat has been known to signify "good call" from your partner.
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