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Hubris???
To use one or not use on has similar faults....
You cleared it? Did you actually click up that passed ball... or not? Was that two clicks or one? Wait he swung at that; I clicked up a ball didn't I? Is my counter correct? Is my memory correct? Is this the same batter. Did I clear this before we started.
I have not used one for about 4 years. And during those years I have forgotten the count repeatedly just as I forgot in earlier years whether I clicked up the passed ball or cleared the clicker following a rundown, etc.
The counter is a crutch and it can give you false information if it is not operated correctly/methodically. What's new?
Hubris? Arrogance. Use one or don't use one, either way you can be hubristic. See, right there on my clicker. THAT'S THE COUNT. Sure it is.
The players are responsible for knowing the situation too. In fact there is nothing in written down in my NFHS responsibilities as an umpire that says I need to keep the count. I do and personnally, I do it by memory.
I've had better luck with memory than I have with memory AND a counter.
One thing I do miss with not having an idiot-clicker-thing-a-ma-bob is I used to be able to say to the first batter, "Well my clicker shows a count of 1 and 2 with 2 outs; so jump in there Batter, and think big zone."
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