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Old Tue Aug 17, 2010, 02:26pm
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Originally Posted by BlitzkriegBob View Post
What do you guys do?
Of all things, this is one of the things that change for me most by area. In NW Dallas, PU would briefly hold a number up before the batter steps in, every time the outs change. Here, MOST umpires hold a fist or 1 or 2 fingers to the right side about hip high after every time we have an out, or if they are verifying with their partner - OR - if IFF in effect, about half hold right arm over chest and signal 0 or 1 with the left hand, and the other half (self included) hold the right arm over the chest with 0 or 1 on THAT hand.
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