Missing Little League thread

[Rich]

Originally Posted by PWL

If I'm working with a base ump with something on the ball and I know the batter DIDN'T go, a simple "NO, HE DIDN'T GO DID HE?" Signal safe, satisfies the barking dogs and makes me happy. If he gives the strike, they bark at my partner. Win, win situation.

Sounds like the mid-80s old-timer and his secret signals. No thanks.

Again, all that's important is intent. I won't hesitate to ring one up from the middle and I will ALWAYS ask my partner, regardless of the rule set. If he rings it up, it's another strike. We like strikes.

I'm surprised at Carl -- his mechanics for the 21st century are quite forward-thinking and his thinking on this issue is stuck somewhere in the seventies.