Reply to "Full count sign"

Jimmy031,000+ posts

quote:
Originally posted by Rob Kremer:
Well, there are lots of places in the stands, depending on the angle and how far away you are sitting, where it is very hard (if not impossible) to see the difference between two and three fingers on the hand.

I can't recall an umpire ever giving an 0-0 count sign.

My point exactly. A closed fist means "nothing" or "0". Two closed fists confuse more people than the number who think it means 3-2.

Again, a proper signal accompanied by "Three balls and two strikes, has never seemed to confuse anyone in my games.

An umpire using two closed fists, or yelling "full count" is seen as a rookie or "Charlie" by coaches and his fellow umpires in these parts.

10/18/0910:30 PM

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