ball/strike counter

[mick]

Originally posted by peter_s_n
Started umping this year - LL with sons doing bases - great experience.
Anyway, I've noticed that all the ball/strike counters available in my area post strikes before or in front of balls. I, as a beginning PU find this a distraction at the least, and more than once I have announced 'strikes' before 'balls' when I've found myself referring to the clicker in left-to-right reading convention.
There's got to be a reason why all the ball/strike counters read 'backwards' but what is the reason? Thanx

peter,
I struggled with those locally available indiclickers, also.
Maybe there is a reason, and one of the esteemed members of this forum can give a reason for that setup.

To "counter"-act what I too consider a deficiency, I went to Honigs Whistle Stop and bought a few indicators by +POS. I fell in love with the 3 ball/2 strike/2 out clicker immediately, and they read down balls to strikes to outs.

I also gained larger numbers and wheels.

What I lost was the inning number. But there is usually a scorebook around somewhere.
mick

http://www.honigs.com/