What many people do not know about baseball is that there is a lot of communication between the players in the game. Most people assume that baseball is a sport where all you do is hit, field, and pitch a baseball. However, in reality, in order for players to perfom at the highest level they need to communicate. For instance, When a ball is hit between two ball players, they need to communicate with each other so only one of them go for the ball. Imagine if both players went for the ball, then most likely a collision would occur and the ball probably would not get caught.
An instance like this happened a few weeks ago at one of our San Jose State Spartan baseball games. Our second baseman was going out for a fly ball to shallow right field as the right fielder was racing in to catch it as well. With time to spare, our right fielder called off the second Bseman with a loud "Ball! Ball!" call. In this occasion, a collision easily could have occured, and possibly injured one, if not both, of our players.
Another part of baseball that requires communication is before a pitch is even delivered, which is reffered to as pre-pitch communication. This is useful if you know a particluar hitters tendencies. For example, some players always hit balls in the same general direction. So if you know a left handed hitter is primarily a "pull hitter," then you would adjust all of the defensive players toward the right side of the field. So communication plays a large part in getting defensive players where they need to be before the pitch is even delivered.
