Runner obviously relays signs to hitter, a breakdown

Saw this clip on the social media pages and needed to take a deeper look at it. Wofford Mercer, second round of the SOCON championship. It's 15 to 10, Wofford's up. That guy hits a double, he's four for four on the day. This breakdown is brought to you by the Jamboy Media Store. We got a lot of shirts. We got a lot of really cool shirts. Some big sellers these days. Anyway, guys on second, he's looking in, right? So the runner on second always is trying to look for something, seeing if he can relay info to the batter. It's not illegal. It's very much part of the game. If you can find a tip, that's considered a win. So he's just kind of staring. He doesn't really have anything. Is he looking at the pitcher? Is he looking at the catcher? The catcher's giving a sequence of signs. So like, and there's some code to it. And he's clearly like, you know, he's leaned in. He's looking, trying to get this batter some info. And on this pitch, he's going to get some intel. Now he's looking in, he's looking, he sees something. He says, oh, hey batter, change up coming. Now that grip there, that circle, that's the grip you would throw on a change up, a circle change. So he's just telling him, change up is coming, and just flashing it right in his face. And the batter's like, cool. Only problem is that was 88 miles per hour. I think that that's the pitcher's fastball, judging by all the other miles per hour. Laced into right field, didn't work. Don't think he got the pitch right. What's he looking at? The catcher's signs? The pitcher's hands? Well, I have my answer of what I think he's looking at. They saw that. The other team is like, hey, go talk to the pitcher. I think he's got something on you. So they go talk to the pitcher and they're like, hey, he might have our signs. He just kind of gave a signal, but he got it wrong because that was a fastball and he said it was going to be a change up, but let's just be on the lookout for that. So now 13 takes his lead again. The catcher puts down the signs. You got a lefty up and no tell, no tip, no nothing. That pitch, I believe that was a fastball outside. Next pitch is coming and nothing. Foul back. One and one count. All right. Oh, oh and two count. That's my bad. So now he's looking. Where is he looking? At the catcher? At the pitcher? Does he have something? No, he doesn't. He's going to get picked off. Attempted. They didn't pick him off. They can't. Next pitch is coming. Catcher just finished up giving his signs. Runner's looking in. Anything, nothing. The pitch, 88 miles per hour. Oh two fastball. Foul back. Guy was late on it. Another oh two. Let's speed through this one. They have nothing. He doesn't have anything for him and that was a change up. So it's not like he had every single pitch and he's only done it once and he got it wrong. So, and he did it so blatantly and so obvious. Maybe it's head games. Maybe he's trying to get in their brain, like making them think he has something, but he's got to be messing with the batter too. This pitch, you can see he's way closer to the back. Now maybe that's because they tried to pick him off or maybe because he's trying to sneak a peek. He does sneak a peek and he's going to tell them again, hey, change up is coming. I think he's looking straight into the pitcher's glove. He's back towards second and I think he just sees his hands inside that glove in the change up grip. And this time he's right. That is a change up. 80 miles per hour. It's a ball. Now the very next pitch, he's back. He's close again to the pitcher and he's looking. He's staring, looks at his glove, creeps back a little bit, gives him the sign again. Change up, change up, change up. One, two, change up. And another change up. Another ball, but now the dugout says, hey dude, he just did it twice in a row and this time he was right. He actually had change up and change up. So the dugout's getting feisty and they're like, dude, what's going on? They're like, hey, we're going to change up the signs. He's figured out our sequence. So they go to body parts instead of fingers and numbers. But I don't think that's what he's doing. I think he's just staring at the glove and when he can see the change up grip, he's letting him know change up grip. He's two for three on it. He's also missed some change ups. Didn't really matter. They went to this new sequence and see, that was a change up and he didn't get it. And now he's, but he's got more of a lead now than he did when he was kind of peeking. Anyway, in the end, it didn't matter at all because they get the last out. But it is funny how blatant he was relaying the signs. Usually it's like, hey, if I lift my right foot up or if I take two steps to the right when he comes set or if I, very slight, not if I give you the grip and just wave it like this, that's it. So maybe it wasn't planned at all. Like the batter's like, what dude? And he just happened to see it in the pitcher's glove and was like, I don't know how else to tell him, but change ups coming, change up, change up, change up. Didn't work, funny though. This one was brought to you by the JM Store. We are officially licensed with MLBPA and our shirts have been going crazy. Our designers are crushing it. So go check it out, shop.johnboymedia.com. Thanks, appreciate you guys.