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Yankees to stop hand signals after MLB inquiry
AP ^
| 04-02-2011
| By MIKE FITZPATRICK, AP Sportswriter
Posted on 04/03/2011 8:30:53 AM PDT by Realman30
NEW YORK (AP)—The New York Yankees say they are finished flashing hand signals from the stands—at least for now.
General manager Brian Cashman confirmed that the team received a call Saturday from the commissioner’s office inquiring about a club employee relaying information to players after each pitch on opening day.
The Daily News reported Saturday that broadcaster Keith Olbermann, a New York season-ticket holder, put a photo on Twitter of Brett Weber, a Yankees baseball operations coaching assistant, holding up four fingers toward the field during Thursday’s game against the Detroit Tigers.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Michigan; US: New York
KEYWORDS: detroittigers; keitholbermann; michigan; newyork; newyorkyankees
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It appears Olbermann has found work as a snitch!
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posted on
04/03/2011 8:30:58 AM PDT
by
Realman30
To: Realman30
Waiting for all the Patriot haters to rationalize this one. /s
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posted on
04/03/2011 8:34:42 AM PDT
by
RedCell
(Honor thy Father (9/6/07) - Semper Fi / "...it is their duty, to throw off such government...")
To: Realman30
I didn’t realize baseball stopped using hand signals.
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posted on
04/03/2011 8:35:15 AM PDT
by
Cvengr
(Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
To: Realman30
With their payroll, the Yankees ought to be able to beat teams playing blindfolded.
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posted on
04/03/2011 8:36:16 AM PDT
by
Colonel_Flagg
("It's hard to take the president seriously." - Jim DeMint)
To: Cvengr
They haven’t but I tend to agree they should come from the field or dugout. Kinda hard to enforce though.
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posted on
04/03/2011 8:40:08 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: Cvengr
I didn't realize baseball stopped using hand signals. Is that because some lib organization found them "offensive" or perhaps "not politically correct?"
To: Realman30
They were just doin’ the hand jive...lol
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posted on
04/03/2011 8:43:15 AM PDT
by
choctaw man
(Good ole Andrew Jackson, or You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma...)
To: RedCell
Hand signals = video camera, then?
To: Realman30
He should demand that Congress begin the House Un-baseball Activities Committee hearings immediately.
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posted on
04/03/2011 8:45:03 AM PDT
by
rabidralph
(http://www.conservativedna.com/)
To: Realman30
I think he was just a fan of the four horsemen.
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posted on
04/03/2011 8:49:13 AM PDT
by
Just another Joe
(Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
To: Realman30
I have one hand signal for UberLib!!
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posted on
04/03/2011 8:49:47 AM PDT
by
gwilhelm56
(To anger a Christian, Lie to them. To anger a muslim, tell them the TRUTH!)
To: Realman30
Yeah, they should just trust the scoreboard’s display of 912 mph!
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posted on
04/03/2011 8:49:55 AM PDT
by
Gondring
(Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
To: Realman30
Figures Olbermann’s a Yankee fan.
Let’s go Mets!
Regards,
To: Gondring
Yeah, they should just trust the scoreboard’s display of 912 mph! I heard that the radar gun was inadvertently pointed at Chuck Schumer's mouth.
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posted on
04/03/2011 8:52:35 AM PDT
by
andy58-in-nh
(America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
To: Realman30
If you watched those two games you would know that the Yankees could have beaten the Tigers without hand signals. The Tigers beat themselves with bad pitching and bad fielding. Scoring only 3 runs in the first game didn’t help much either.
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posted on
04/03/2011 8:53:05 AM PDT
by
Former Proud Canadian
(How do I change my screen name now that we have the most conservative government in the world?)
To: Realman30
Why in the hell are they using hand signals? That’s so 1950s.
Why aren’t they using smart phones, some form of instant messaging, or ‘Secret Service’ type radio transmitters?
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posted on
04/03/2011 8:58:46 AM PDT
by
KoRn
(Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
Comment #17 Removed by Moderator
To: Realman30
After the pitch?
Years ago the home team would have someone behind the scoreboard with binoculars to steal the catchers signals before the pitch was made.
A huge advantage for the hitters to know what was coming.
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posted on
04/03/2011 9:11:11 AM PDT
by
TYVets
(Pure-Gas.org ..... ethanol free gasoline by state and city)
To: Realman30
Eye-in-the-sky alert.
it's like "this is your life" from hell.
To: Colonel_Flagg
After watching the last two games, Ikm not sure that they didn’t.
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posted on
04/03/2011 9:22:29 AM PDT
by
P8riot
(I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.....Eagle Scout since Sep 9, 1970)
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