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Wed Jun 02, 2004, 07:19am
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14-15 babe ruth
My partner learned a very interesting thing last night while working the dish. Called strike 1 - he stepped back, looked to the 1B dugout, and signaled strike. Batter wheels around holds his hands up and looks at him and says did you call that a strike? "Yes I did". 3 pitches later, called strike 3, same mechanic. He doesn't see the batter wheel on him holding his hands up like "how can you call that a strike", then throw the bat at the dugout. Good lesson learned on why not to turn your head on your strike mechanic.
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Wed Jun 02, 2004, 08:29am
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was this with a separated mechanic? (I know there's a term for this, can't rem it at the moment), ie, verbalized "strike", then signaled separately? If so, I'm not sure how he could have missed the batter's reaction.
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Wed Jun 02, 2004, 10:29am
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the term is bifurcate. I think I picked that up from Papa C...anyway, yes, this was verbalized, then stood up and signaled.
I asked him why he didn't toss the kid for this and he said he didn't see it - he was looking at the first base dugout.
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Alan Roper Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here - CPT John Parker, April 19, 1775, Lexington, Mass
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