I wholeheartedly agree that we can send messages.
"THAT'S ENOUGH!" with a hand toward the dugout, sends a heck of a message. It's never failed me.
Dusting off the plate, and having a man-to-man with a catcher or batter works well.
Calling time, pulling out your lineup card, and calling the manager out works wonders.
Send the catcher out to have a word with his misbehaving pitcher sends a message.
Intentionally miscalling pitches or safe/out, is also sending a message. It's saying, IMO, the umpire has lost control, and this is his only way of dealing with things.
Last edited by kylejt; Tue Nov 11, 2008 at 01:30pm.
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