Many times you'll see a catcher or a 3B make himself obvious to his teammates and signal a defense for the rest of the players to see. What and why is he doing this?
Well, there are multiple options that teams could have in this situation. The catcher or 3B is communicating to the team as to what play is on.
I can say very adamantly, I don't like this method. Here's why.
When a play is communicated it is communicated until another sign is given. In other words, "it's on until something else takes it off."
The very basic reason that I don't like this method is it's extremely difficult and time consuming to change pitch to pitch. Every pitch has a different count associated with it. Every count should be treated differently.
Furthermore, if an offense coach fakes something and you don't change your defense the offense has been clued in to your intentions.
My preferred method is a verbal system that all infielders can hear and can be changed on the fly. Don't like the current defense? Change it immediately.
As long as there aren't too many fans in the stands creating a deafening sound, the verbal method seems to be the better option.
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