[Rich]

Originally Posted by ASA/NYSSOBLUE

Sam Holbrook, Rob Drake and Cowboy Joe show why you need one - even in the bigs

All because Andy Fletcher broke his wrist working the plate yesterday

Nice to see Cowboy Joe uses the small metal clicker...

I don't see how this demonstrates the need for a base umpire to use an indicator. I see no problem with the umpires verifying the count with the scorer after something like this happens. We'd do the same on a much smaller stage.

Edited to add: The injury was in the 8th, the lost count was in the 9th. What exactly does this have to do with the injury or the umpires on the bases? BTW, if a player/coach asks me for the count on the bases, I *always* direct them to the plate umpire. The count is *his*.