European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday March 16. 1988 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary signs baseball s silent language of now pay attention. One Finger is a  fingers a a curve. Three fingers you throw a Chan cup. Got thai Good. Of yeah a Tut. If the Catcher shown a clenched fist that s a pitch out. During the i9b4 world series Lance Parrish crouched behind the palc for Detroit and decided that a san Diego runner had larceny in his heart. He flashed the clenched list to Tiger Pitcher Aurclio Loci. Pitch out please. Aurelio never did have real Good eyes Parrish sighed remembering the incident. I moved Oul for the pitch out and he threw one right Down the mid with no Catcher to Block its pail the Ball humped squarely into Umpire Larry earned some when South of his stomach and then dropped innocently at his feet preventing a wild pitch and keeping the runner from advancing. It was a Light moment at a serious time. Barefi however was not amused. He called it a strike Fairish said and then he gave me a dirty  Lopez had missed a sign no the most unusual event in baseball. Spring training is a Lime for mastering the game s silent language. It is not always easy. Sometimes in fact players pay Loo much Atten Tion to he routine of lugging and touching that makes up this often complicated communication sys tem. Bobby Matlick was managing the Toronto Blue jays one year and his steal sign was 1o scratch his nose. That was simple enough a sign that woul rot be missed. In one game. Bob Bailor was on second base with two out for the Blue jays when Matlick had an itch. The manager Sci arched and Bailor Szolc third. Noone was More surprised than Mallick but he certainly could t accuse Bailor of not paying attention. During Philadelphia s famous stretch fold in the1964 Pennant race one of the games the Phillies lost came against Cincinnati when Chico Ruiz stole Home for the winning run. The fact thai slugger rank Robinson was at Bat Ai