Taking Signs

[mick]

Originally posted by WindyCityBlue
"Don't do that." is one of those things that leads to trouble....
I've learned that breaking a guy's rhythm has more impact than being a hard ***.

WindyCityBlue,
There may be a difference that I am not seeing.

It seems that if we want a pitcher to cease and desist an act, verbally telling/asking a pitcher to *not do something* is quite similar to stepping away and visually telling/asking the same thing.

I do not know why one would be considered more hard core than the other.

This scenario, where a pitcher may not even know that he's doing something wrongly, seems to have been captured 400 years ago when William Shakespeare wrote Much Ado About Nothing where a good person acted badly.

I think if it was a problem, there would be a penalty.

mick