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Sign language: the art of baseball communication: the secrecy of relaying messages among players, coaches and managers is vital to the game's lifeblood.
IT ALL LOOKS SO INNOCENT, AT TIMES even comical. Yet all the exaggerated gyrations, the clandestine touches and subtle movements that make up baseball's secret language of signs, open a door into a fascinating and complex culture (and controversial subculture) of the sport.
Except for the ball itself, the surreptitious communication from catcher to pitcher, from manager to base coach, from base coach to base runner, from infielder to outfielder (and various Other combinations and permutations of transmitted sign language that take place in the roughly 20 seconds between pitches) might be the most essential element for completion of a coherent ballgame.
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