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Old Mon May 14, 2007, 05:27am
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Clicker Question

Say, folks -

What hand to you hold your clicker in? The right? The left?

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Old Mon May 14, 2007, 06:02am
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I don't use a "clicker", I use an indicator (mandated by the HS association) and it is held in the left hand.
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Old Mon May 14, 2007, 08:12am
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Got it. Thanks.

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Old Mon May 14, 2007, 08:24am
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Also known on this forum as an "indiclickercounter."

This little sucker is capable of tracking balls, strikes and outs. It also has the unique distinction of creating many threads on whether to use or not use one.

Some will say it's use is mandated by their HS association, willed by their great great grandfather, included in their constitutonal "Right To Bear Arms", and even used because their wifes said they had to.

But, if one must, put it in your left hand, learn how to change the little wheel without having to look at it every other second or pitch, and then ditch the sucker and use that beautiful part of your body called your brain. My two cents, my preference.
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Old Mon May 14, 2007, 08:45am
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I carry mine with me, but stopped using it when there is a scoreboard with operator. When I do use it, left hand!

It was liberating to stop using it! It forced me to pay attention to the count after every pitch!
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Old Mon May 14, 2007, 08:58am
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And what if the scoreboard operator is sleeping most of the time?

I use an indicator but only as reference. I keep the count in my head, too.
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Old Mon May 14, 2007, 09:05am
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I use an indicator but only as reference.

How else would you use it?
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Old Mon May 14, 2007, 09:14am
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remind me to think through my thoughts completely before posting.

I don't look at the indicator frequently. I keep the count in my head, for the most part. When there's a lot of runner action after a pitch, I sometimes need to check my indicator, as a reference.
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Old Mon May 14, 2007, 09:56am
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I was using the 4 wheel indicator that had balls ,strikes, outs and innings on it. A fellow I was working with early in the season gave me a three wheel indicator to use. Much better. Less clicking. I don't care what the inning is until the last inning. I also used my dremel to notch the zero's so that I never have to look at it when I reset it.
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Old Mon May 14, 2007, 10:22am
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Thumbs down Well. . .

Just the other day I saw a MLB umpire stare at his almost every time the camera was on him.
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Old Mon May 14, 2007, 10:26am
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Just the other day I saw a MLB umpire stare at his almost every time the camera was on him.
I'm guilty of it too (not all of the time as stated in your post SDS)...but if I need to look, I try to peek at mine while adjusting my mask with my left hand...I don't adjust my mask as much as Jeff Nelson, but it seems to work for me in an effort to look less obvious...especially in games where the scoreboard is wrong 94% of the time...sometimes I wish they'd just shut it off if it's going to be wrong the entire game...
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Old Mon May 14, 2007, 10:28am
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If I need to look I keep the indicator low by my leg, and just peek at it really quick. The MLB umpire in question held it out at close to eye level and stared at it for a good two to three seconds.
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Old Mon May 14, 2007, 10:30am
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If I need to look I keep the indicator low by my leg, and just peek at it really quick. The MLB umpire in question held it out at close to eye level and stared at it for a good two to three seconds.
I understand having to look at it...but doing it like you're taking a picture as you describe, just doesn't look very good in my opinion...
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Old Mon May 14, 2007, 10:45am
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The MLB umpire in question held it out at close to eye level and stared at it for a good two to three seconds.
He was looking at his Honig's Indiclicker/Plate Brush/Instant-Replay Combo to see if the runner scored on that timing play.
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Old Mon May 14, 2007, 12:02pm
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The MLB umpire in question held it out at close to eye level and stared at it for a good two to three seconds.
Was he expecting it to tell him something, or was he checking his stocks on it?
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