Stopwatches?? Who uses them?

[GarthB]

Originally Posted by batboy22

http://northwoodsleague.com/Home.asp

Northwoods, an independent league is not part of professional Minor League Baseball. Whatever they do is not necessarily reflective of the "minor leagues."

[johnnyg08]

Northwoods is not affiliated with MLB...one might think of them as a league slightly more profitable than the XFL.

[batboy22]

the northwoods league is completely independent of milb and mlb i was just stating that in the northwoods league we use stopwatches to allow for radio and sometimes local tv. i do however know several minor league umpires and they use stopwatches to get innings started after 2 minutes

[kylejt]

I had one of those Honigs indicators, with the clock built in, and used it to prank a not so bright catcher. While reseting in between innings, this dull F2 asked me what it was. I told him it was a new radar strike indicator. If it beeps, it's a strike. SOOOOO, during the ensuing inning, I pressed a button and made it BEEP for every strike. Sure enough, on a close one that I called a ball the manager blurted out something, and my new best friend said back "Coach, it didn't beep, so it wasn't a strike". Classic.

[Interested Ump]

Originally Posted by kylejt

I had one of those Honigs indicators, with the clock built in, and used it to prank a not so bright catcher. While reseting in between innings, this dull F2 asked me what it was. I told him it was a new radar strike indicator. If it beeps, it's a strike. SOOOOO, during the ensuing inning, I pressed a button and made it BEEP for every strike. Sure enough, on a close one that I called a ball the manager blurted out something, and my new best friend said back "Coach, it didn't beep, so it wasn't a strike". Classic.

It's good to see that fantasy is still trying its best to pass for reality!

Countdown timer is my stopwatch.