Category: Deaf Baseball Players

The World Series Connection

Robert Traynor American Deaf History / American History / Audiology / Baseball Pitchers / Baseball Umpire Signs / Deaf Baseball Pitchers / Deaf Baseball Players / Deafness and Sport / Dummy Hoy / Famous Deaf individuals / Hearing Impaired Athletes / Hearing impairment / Hearing loss / New York Giants / San Francisco Giants / Sign Language / Sign Language History / World Series 2014

                               Who’da Thunk it?  The Kansas City Royals in the World Series!  Of course, they are playing the San Francisco Giants and the series is going on as this is posted on October 28, 2014.  At Hearing International we had a baseball post a few weeks ago about Dummy Hoy, a deaf player instrumental in the development…

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The “Dummy” Who Invented Umpire Signals

Robert Traynor Audiology / Baseball outfielders / Baseball Umpire Signs / Cincinnati Reds / Deaf Baseball Players / Dummy Hoy / Famous Deaf individuals / Hearing impairment / Hearing loss / Menningitis / Ohio School for the Deaf

As summer closes in North America, it is the end of the baseball season, at least here. But  baseball has become a truly international sport. So, while the season is winding down in the U.S. and Canada, in other parts of the world, such as Australia and Latin America, play will soon be resuming.  Therefore, this…

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