re you could look it up in article apr alchemy chem utoronto ca mark b writes yes i could look it up but i prefer to post this question to the net i read somewhere in a long forgotten article that the handsignals used by major league umps were originally used to help a deaf ball player by the name of dummy urban myth true i gots ta know dummy hoy a late th century baseball player was deaf in order for him to be able to find out whether the pitch was a ball or strike the umpires developed hand signals this also helped to relieve the stress on umpires vocal cords so they didn t have to shout strike or ball times a game heard about this one from the only worthwhile baseball book john thorn has ever authored a century of baseball lore mark b mbrownel alchemy chem utoronto ca jason a miller some doctor guy frank tanana win
