The Pro Schools seem to have a problem with using an indicator on the bases. The only advocates I know of all buy into that philosophy after a clinic or class led by a Pro School graduate.
In the reality of the real world for most of us, neither we nor the scoreboard operators are becoming millionaires, and we have "real" jobs which require most of our "thinking" time.
I guess if I had a fellow running the board making 60K a year, and partners who could consider our game the most important thing on their minds at all times, I'd try working without one when doing the bases. Presently, I'll plan on using one at all times.
An interesting aside....I attended a pre-tournament clinic in which both instructors were preaching "no indicator on the bases". The next time these guys worked together, they lost the count and/or outs three times. At our next clinic, we were advised that it would be O.K. for at least one base ump to have his indicator, in addition to the plate man.
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