So, I was down at the old ball park and there was an 18U team wearing arm bands when they were batting, but not in the field.
The arm-banded team was leading 3-1 and they were up to bat.
There was a runner at 1B, and the batter hits a single, putting runners at 1st and 3rd. There is one out. I look in the on-deck circle, and the next batter is 6'2" and weighs 220. She is swinging a telephone pole in the on-deck circle.
So, this mountain of a kid gets into the batter's box. She is about six inches taller than the umpire, and looks like she could lift the catcher with one arm.
In the old days, the coach would simply have yelled, "Hey, hit the ball." Now, however, the coach at 3B is flashing all kinds of numbers for 30 seconds, and everyone takes another 30 seconds to check their arm band.
We go through this same thing 3 times--the coach keeps flashing these numbers. Funny thing, everyone knew exactly what he was telling the batter to do. The coach, apparently, thought it was a state secret that his clean up hitter was given the green light to swing away. Of course, the batter doubles into right center.
The only explanation is that all the number signals meant "hit double to right center."
The arm-banded team was leading 3-1 and they were up to bat.
There was a runner at 1B, and the batter hits a single, putting runners at 1st and 3rd. There is one out. I look in the on-deck circle, and the next batter is 6'2" and weighs 220. She is swinging a telephone pole in the on-deck circle.
So, this mountain of a kid gets into the batter's box. She is about six inches taller than the umpire, and looks like she could lift the catcher with one arm.
In the old days, the coach would simply have yelled, "Hey, hit the ball." Now, however, the coach at 3B is flashing all kinds of numbers for 30 seconds, and everyone takes another 30 seconds to check their arm band.
We go through this same thing 3 times--the coach keeps flashing these numbers. Funny thing, everyone knew exactly what he was telling the batter to do. The coach, apparently, thought it was a state secret that his clean up hitter was given the green light to swing away. Of course, the batter doubles into right center.
The only explanation is that all the number signals meant "hit double to right center."
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