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Originally Posted by Dakota
Did I say anything about coaching? I'm talking about what the signal means and what it communicates to the players. Let me make this simpler: how is the signal "safe" (meaning that is not an appeal) different from the signal "safe" (meaning the runner did not try for 2B)? The umpire manual does not cover all possible situations.
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Tom, you mean you don't give a safe signal every time a runner touches a base and is not retired so the defense knows that they are not out? 
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