Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

To: US Navy Vet

Baseball teams do this. They study the pitcher, to see if he ‘tips’ his pitches. Good pitchers know not to give any hint of what they are throwing.


74 posted on 02/04/2014 12:40:20 PM PST by lurk
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]


To: lurk

Yeah, it’s more like reading the pitcher than peeking at what the catcher is calling for. Both are legit and not cheating, but you don’t hear baseball guys usually admit either one right after the fact, sometimes it comes out through clubhouse channels. I take it he was using hand signals to the receivers or something, can’t see anyone else being able to see it?

In baseball there is a quick way to both see if the hitter is peaking at the catcher and to get it to stop. Call for low and away breaking ball by the sign but throw a heater up and in. If the batter dives out over the plate and has to deal with 90+ the experiment has been successful and is self-correcting.

Freegards


89 posted on 02/04/2014 5:59:29 PM PST by Ransomed
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 74 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson