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Originally Posted by Tru_in_Blu
"In HS/College we are encouraged to NOT call obvious outs--the kind that everyone in the park understands is an out. Just a sign and no verbal is the standard. It fall under the current trend to not embarass or show-up a kid when the play can stand for itself."
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Maybe it's just me, but I think people who believe making an Out call on an obvious play will embarrass or show-up a kid are way too oversensitive. True, we shouldn't come through with a punch-out call on a base that dislocates our shoulders.
But making anything more than an imperceptible hand gesture is embarrassing? Puhleeze.
What should we do when a pitcher delivers one waist high right smack-down the middle of the plate on two strikes, and the batter watches it go by? That one's pretty obvious, too, isn't it? Should we just give a nonchalant hand signal without the verbal, and save the sells only for the ones that nibble the corners at the knees?