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For your RDG pleasure
My mechanic is to call ball or strike aloud. I don't number them, give the location, or hold my fingers up after every other pitch. I do keep an indicator in my left hand. After ball four, I extend my right arm towards first base momentarily. I do not raise it for the batter to see. Most batters are already aware of the sitch and many games go by without incident.
If I ever notice a batter doesn't respond to the call, it is I who will laugh to myself. Then I will verbally remind the batter that it was ball 4. I already know he is not gonna look back and see me pointing towards 1B. If anyone else laughs at him or me, he certainly must have a sense of humor like mine. No one will be watching over my shoulder shaking their head over the incident. Soon the next batter will be ready and the earlier events will no longer seem matter very much at all. I certainly will not lose any sleep over it.
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