Tipping pitches

Good question.
A pitcher should always have a repeatable delivery, meaning he does the same thing over and over again despite the pitch he will throw.
Same for the arm slot, it should be the same for every pitch.
If a pitcher is not doing the above, most good hitters can figure it out, but you would have to have seen the pitcher a few times for this. And if they can figure him out, he won't be a pitcher for very long at the higher levels (college, proball).

If you are a hitter, rather than trying to figure out what he is going to throw by his body language, be familiar as to what is usually thrown in a specific count and what pitches the pitcher relies on. A pitcher with just two pitches is a lot easier to figure out than one with more in his arsenal and not afraid to use them at anytime.
JMO.

My favorite pitcher loves to dig in his glove on 0-2 or 1-2 counts to make the batter think bb and gives them the heater. He has to mix it up though. Batters adjust.

ThisGuy - I can tell you there are some coaches on the West Coast (probably everywhere) that are VERY good at picking the pitch out of the pitchers glove from 1B or 3B and relaying it to the hitter during the windup.

One of the very best ones used to coach 3B at Fullerton...next year at UCLA.

A lot of times, if a pitcher keeps his index finger outside the back of his glove and it's not covered by a piece of leather, you can see him tap it on certain pitches and not on others. We were always looking for that in pro ball.

Steven Ellis, now you are giving away pitchers secrets!

I'll relay what someone told me once, any hitter that has to rely on looking for tips, will rarely be successful, he has no confidance that he can get the job done on his own! Same way when a pitcher begins to nibble.

Makes sense to me!

There are so many ways to pick up little "tells". The ability that good hitters have to pick these up is amazing as you go up each level (HS to college to pro ball).