LLWS - Championship

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Originally Posted by Rich

You could pregame this with me till the cows come home -- once you come to me, it's now my call to make -- and I'll do it the way I always do -- I make an instant judgment on every check swing and if the PU comes to me, he gets exactly what I have.

Of course. That's what I said.

Your method smells too much like the secret signals of the 1980s where the plate guy would tell the base umpire what he wanted him to call.

It is not a secret signal. It's the same method (and for the same reason) you state below:

I've been saying "Ball; No, he didn't go" since I started umpiring in the 1980s. I've never, not at any level, had a single coach say anything to me or my partner on this mechanic whatsoever.

To me, it's communicating that I saw the bat move and, in my judgment, the batter didn't offer.

I hate to break this to you Rich, but apparently you agree with me.