That coaches and managers wear the uniform. #LittleBaseballThings
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The way managers come out with the lineup card to explain to the umpire the complexities of the double switch.
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That gorgeous instant when the hitter rounds second and the outfielder has the ball and you know there will be a play at third but you don't know if it will be safe or out.
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That the manager and several infielders usually wait on the pitcher's mound to welcome the relief pitcher, offer a little encouragement, and hand over the baseball.
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The drive down the line that is hooking ... either a home run or nothing at all and we wait for it.
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The way hitters who foul one straight back and believe they JUST missed it will angrily slap the top of the bat.
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The way someone in the dugout will throw a ball to the first baseman as he runs off the field at the end of an inning.
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The simple fact that pitchers can change how the baseball moves by how they grip it ... and pitchers are STILL learning new grips even after all these years.
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The meeting at home plate between managers to discuss the ground rules. There's something so wonderfully casual about it, like kids meeting before a pickup game to remind each other that right field is foul territory because they don't have enough players.
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The way the person playing first base so welcomes a baserunner to the bag, like a diamond maître d'. "Welcome to the base path! It's great to see you again. Please watch your step for pickoff throws."
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The tension and sense of danger that builds when the third baseman is playing all the way in for the bunt.
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The way the middle infielder fakes a throw coming in to get a base runner to slow down ... and the way the base runner almost never falls for it.
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