Description Baseball is set apart from other sports by many things, but few are more distinctive than the intricate systems of coded Language that govern action on the field and give baseball its unique appeal.
Baseball historian Paul Dick.
During a nine-inning game, more than one thousand silent instructions are given--from catcher to pitcher, coach to batter, fielder to fielder, umpire to umpire--and without this speechless communication the game would simply not be the same.
Description Baseball is set apart from other sports by many things, but few are more distinctive than the intricate systems of coded Language that govern action on the field and give baseball its unique appeal