Throw your hands up

[CecilOne]

Originally Posted by dlsumpntx

What do you think about, at the pre-game conference, telling coaches to have their players throw their hands up if/when a batted ball goes out of play and we will place the runners accordingly? Personally I don't like it because I can tell if the ball goes out of play.

I think it is the same coaching as telling them to keep running in the dead ball topic. It's up to the coaches to teach that. If it does come up, I remind them that the player's signal does not make the ball dead, just indicates that s/he is not touching it.