The thread about catcher’s giving signs differently with a runner on 2nd got me to thinking about how much it really helps a hitter to know what pitch is coming. I’ll grant knowing is “better”” than not knowing, but I’m wondering if there’s been any kind of investigation into how much it helps. And even more than that, would it help the average HS player as much as the average ML’r?
My son played for a coach who liked to have the pitchers give the standard glove signals during intersquad and practice games, and when they did, its not like the hitters were hitting lasers all over the place. Yes, some pitchers fared batter than others, but on the whole the difference wasn’t all that noticeable.
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