why is the hammer strike taking over?

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Tue Apr 28, 2009, 07:13am

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Originally Posted by bniu

Does anyone know why the hammer is being used more widely in baseball? I'm an old school guy and I feel that strikes should be exclusively signaled with the point and the hammer should be reserved exclusively for outs. And besides, doesn't everyone remember the doug eddings controversy?

That contorversy has nothing to do with using the hammer or the point and everything to do with not making a clear "no catch" (or "balls on the ground") call *after* the strike.

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