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I only look at the scoreboard to see what inning it is - NEVER for the count. Too unreliable. I always use a counter on the plate - many years ago I lost track of the count in a Big Ten game...the scoreboard differed from my counter, and my partners were no help (thanks guys). I got the guy from each team who was charting pitches (usually a pitcher on his day off), and from that info got it correct.
On the bases, I always carry one with me, but only use it if my plate guy doesn't flash the count regularly (something we discuss in pregame), or if it's brutal baseball and my mind wants to wander. I've had plate guys lose the count and look to me for help, and when the coach says "That's not right" I just hold up my counter. Once he sees I've got it on the hardware and that I'm not guessing or blindly agreeing with my partner, he backs off.
Having said all that, I seldom actually look at my counter. I know what the count is 99+% of the time. It's that .001+/-% I like to have it for confirmation.
JJ
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