From: Mark B. Subject: "You could look it up." Organization: University of Toronto Chemistry Department Lines: 12 Yes, I could look it up but I prefer to post this question to the net... I read somewhere in a long forgotten article that the handsignals used by major league umps were originally used to help a deaf ball player by the name of "Dummy". Urban myth? True? I gots ta know. Mark B. mbrownel@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca