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Originally posted by SAump
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.
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There is nothing wrong with numbering balls and called strikes, or to hold up the count after each pitch if one so chooses. I don't, but many good officials do.
But one should never point to first on ball four. That would be just as bad as saying "Take your base." Pointing on ball four is simply bad mechanics, and wrong! You say that
many games go by without incident. I would rather have
all my games go by without such an incident.