ESPN -- It's not crazy, it's sports -- Sign Language

The game within the game is as old as baseball itself. Thousands of signs are given each game, thrown by coaches and players throughout each play. Some are decoys, others are not. Fastball up and in. Look the runner back. Squeeze bunt. Over and over, until the next play. It's not crazy, it's sports.

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[shiron236]

@89Kele Most of them are actually fake. It's to throw people off. I've played baseball before.

[ruplayer]

might need instant replay for that call at 2nd

[KCspur92]

@shiron236 Our basketball team did the same thing for baseline fouls. The coach hand-signals the player to pass to the forward from out of bounds, but instead alley-oops it to the center for the dunk.

[CrazyDave408]

Lots of these can be legitimate signs, but only really mean anything when done in order. Like say the 1st base coach taps his head twice, grabs his belt, and wipes his shoulder 3 times its a hit and run. But if he taps his head twice, grabs his belt and wipes his shoulder once it's nothing.

Could get confusing at times lol.

[ThExYeti]

@pharoahboyramzi its sports

[pats4lifebb]

@1223JOEY1223 ask your mom

[1223JOEY1223]

anyone know where I can find the one of the kid getting a cast then he turns his fingers into the longhorn symbol?

[pharoahboyramzi]

that was stupid lol

[MichaelAirJordan3]

is that Tom Cruise as the manager?

[notredamefan18]

riverdogs

[Bluestorm5]

I play baseball, and what we got is call a "key". If you are signing without doing "key" sign, it's nothing. If you are doing random signs until you reach the "key" sign, then the next few sign is the actually signs.

[LClarkeProductions]

@kevinmcmahon30 hell yea, i like in morganton so ive seen a few hickory crawdads games