BASEBALL URBAN LEGEND: Notable deaf ballplayer William ‘Dummy’ Hoy led to the creation of hand signals by umpires. As loud as baseball fans can be at times, ...

Baseball and softball team strategy is delivered to batters, runners and defense through signs from the third-base coaching box and dugout. News Sports Packers Business Life Advertise Obituaries ...

WAUSAU, Wisc. – To the uninitiated, it can look like the third-base coach at a baseball game is swatting flies. In the moments before a pitcher delivers the baseball, the coach’s motions can ...

William Hoy, a deaf baseball player from Ohio, is said to have created baseball hand signals. He got his start in Oshkosh in the late 1800s. News Sports Packers Business Go 920!

New numerical signs help eliminate the baseball hand jive New numerical signs help eliminate the baseball hand jive. Hillary Smith, (219) 933-3233 Apr 17, 2009 ...

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 ...

And there are the staunch traditionalists such as Bishop’s Mike Medina and John Paul II coach J.J. Trujillo — a former professional baseball player himself — who still uses hand signals and ...

OSHKOSH, Wis. (WLUK) -- Oshkosh had celebrities visiting for the premiere of "The Silent Natural. " It's a film about William "Dummy" Hoy who played minor league baseball in Oshkosh in 1886. Hoy ...