See About archive blog posts. 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 ...

As the game invites seismic change, umpires are the ones tasked with handling ... since MLB has needed to figure out a new umpiring hand signal. So: What’s the process of deciding exactly ...

Deane found articles from the 1860s advocating for hand signals because fans could not hear the umpires’ calls. In The New York Sunday Mercury in 1870, Harry Wright called for a raised hand to ...

Hoy was deaf and — Sandy and others believe — he introduced the concept of baseball umpires using hand signals to call balls and strikes. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

As the game invites seismic change, umpires are the ones tasked with handling ... since MLB has needed to figure out a new umpiring hand signal. So: What’s the process of deciding exactly ...