See About archive blog posts. BASEBALL URBAN LEGEND: Notable deaf ballplayer William ‘Dummy’ Hoy led to the creation of hand signals by umpires.

Facts are inherently know-it-alls, and, as the moniker suggests, boy do they know it!They think that just because they know that baseball hand signals were invented by a 19th century deaf player ...

Baseball and softball team strategy is delivered to batters, runners and defense through signs from the third-base coaching box and dugout.

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.

Weber was sitting behind home plate and wearing a headset. Major League Baseball rules prohibit club staff from using hand signals to communicate pitch types or speeds to players.

The tradition of signals goes back to baseball's beginning, but in high school baseball, wristbands are becoming a trend for teams.

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Coaching signals, an intricate communication system of gestures, has been a staple to deliver messages on baseball and softball fields.

Bench-sitters typically have been tabbed with one job during baseball games: study the opponents' signs.

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 ...