Use of indicators

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Since I haven't attended a pro school, I haven't been under any pressure to NOT use an indicator, therefore I always have one, both at the dish, and on the bases. I'm afraid I have to agree with Carl on this one, especially his point that Balls and Strikes are everybody's business.

I don't make a big deal out of it, and only my partner and I notice the co-operative effort between us, so I don't understand why it should be of as much interest as it seems to be.

During one of our District clinics, our two instructors, both recent pro-school clinic attendees, strongly advocated the "no indicator on the bases" philosophy. Time passed, and eventually they had a game where they both lost the count, so it was now O.K. to keep an indicator in use to "help out" your partner.

I've always figured it helped.....we co-operate on infield fly situations, we communicate on situations where coverage help is needed, we cover each other's butts on everything else, why should we look like a mummy on a potential problem with the ball-strike count?

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