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[IRISHMAFIA]

I find it ludicrous as if you believe the signal to be necessary, you must agree that the "two" portion is irrelevant and you should be offering it every time the number of outs & runners equals three.

[CecilOne]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

I find it ludicrous as if you believe the signal to be necessary, you must agree that the "two" portion is irrelevant and you should be offering it every time the number of outs & runners equals three.

Stop making sense.

[EsqUmp]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

I find it ludicrous as if you believe the signal to be necessary, you must agree that the "two" portion is irrelevant and you should be offering it every time the number of outs & runners equals three.

How would you compare it's usefulness to the umpire-to-umpire infield fly signal?

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by EsqUmp

How would you compare it's usefulness to the umpire-to-umpire infield fly signal?

About the same. My opinion is that a missed IF has a more negative affect on the game. When a player scores that is what the umpire is supposed to be observing anyway, not just in a particular situation. In an IF, the umpire's forgetfulness can cause direct confusion with the play and result since many an umpire will just as likely make an excuse for failing to make the appropriate call than to apply it post-play.

And again, the purpose of the two-out indicator has nothing to do with two outs.