
Effectively Wild Episode 1966: Joe West, Young Man
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
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I'd Like to Celebrate When I Got a Pitch Call Correct
If I had to be distracted by whether my result was right, I would not be able to pick the bad half of my shoulder. You're having to articulate what you see in a way that you can just sort of lock in and you're articulating it to yourself. Some players guessed more accurately than others. The thing about the banging scheme is that sometimes they guessed wrong even so. There were times where the signal was relayed incorrectly.
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