Strike/out signal

[KJUmp]

Originally Posted by mbyron

In a word, no.

+1.
Rita....nice job working with a young umpire and in making some suggestions based on the fact that they'll be working a lot of games solo.

On the "hammer/out signal" debate. I'd be curious to hear from any recent pro school or MLB camp attendees as to what they were taught regarding the hammer; and what if anything did the instructors have to say about a hammer strike call looking too much like an out call.

[JJ]

I point strikes and hammer outs. When I point strikes I do not turn my head away from "forward". Done it for years, and nobody has ever questioned if I was calling a strike or banging an out. Makes it really obvious on that swinging strike three in the dirt where the catcher tags the batter out.

JJ