Best count indiator to buy

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

When was the last time the winning team continued to play after they won the game?

The ONLY time I worry about the inning is if a slaughter rule may come into play. As a UIC, the only time I worry about the inning is if a game is running long and screwing up the schedule.

Around here? Plenty! The scorekeepers take almost an entire inning (or more) to update the scoreboard with the correct runs and outs, and there have been a number of instances when this delay caused problems with umpires who didn't keep track of runs. Either the score showed that it was a tie (and the teams played an extra inning) or the score showed that someone won (when it was really a tie).

So yeah, with each runner that crosses the plate, I use the Innings (AKA - Hot Moms) wheel to keep track of the runs. After all, it goes from 0 to 9, just like our base-10 mathematics.

We've complained over and over again to the organizers of the league, but they don't seem to do anything about it. Well, they did remove the TV...

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp

Around here? Plenty! The scorekeepers take almost an entire inning (or more) to update the scoreboard with the correct runs and outs, and there have been a number of instances when this delay caused problems with umpires who didn't keep track of runs. Either the score showed that it was a tie (and the teams played an extra inning) or the score showed that someone won (when it was really a tie).

What is a scoreboard? A person who keeps track of runs is a scorekeeper, not an umpire.

So yeah, with each runner that crosses the plate, I use the Innings (AKA - Hot Moms) wheel to keep track of the runs. After all, it goes from 0 to 9, just like our base-10 mathematics. We've complained over and over again to the organizers of the league, but they don't seem to do anything about it. Well, they did remove the TV...

Then maybe you shouldn't be doing someone else's job.

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

What is a scoreboard? A person who keeps track of runs is a scorekeeper, not an umpire.



Then maybe you shouldn't be doing someone else's job.

Believe me, I'd love to not have to worry about this. Unfortunately, we've got the scorekeepers up in a tower who don't even know who's up to bat next because they're on the phone with their girlfriends or wives, reading the paper or, in the past, watching TV. The other league in our area keeps the scorekeepers right behind the backstop, and they have one person working the board with another person keeping the books. A MUCH better system, as the teams can resolve score discrepancies right away.

[bigsig]

I've gone to the one with Larger Numbers
Getting old sucks!

[Stu Clary]

I use this one:



I bought it at officalgear.com. It's a 3/2/2 indicator. I velcroved a watch on the reverse side.

[LomUmp]

Originally Posted by Stu Clary

I use this one:



I bought it at officalgear.com. It's a 3/2/2 indicator. I velcroved a watch on the reverse side.

Hey all,

This is the same one that use, minus the watch. The larger and yellow numbers are GREAT for night games!

LomUmp

[LMan]

I couldnt care less what the scoreboard says...Id rather have it off - less confusion that way. I dont track runs except as Mr. Mafia attests to.

If I want to know the score, I go to the book. I can't imagine taking my time from game management to worry about the scoreboard

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by LMan

I couldnt care less what the scoreboard says...Id rather have it off - less confusion that way. I dont track runs except as Mr. Mafia attests to.

If I want to know the score, I go to the book. I can't imagine taking my time from game management to worry about the scoreboard

All I do is one little click each time a runner scores. If the score's off, I wait for the teams to say something. I then tell them to go upstairs and talk with the scorekeepers.

Wow, what a distraction.

[7in60]

Originally Posted by Stu Clary

I use this one:



I bought it at officialgear.com. It's a 3/2/2 indicator. I velcroved a watch on the reverse side.

Fixed

I'm ordering two of these.

[wadeintothem]

I too think this is a personal preference deal.

I use the plastic 4 wheel that I've notched at the 0's. I dont use the inning wheel often but I've grown used to to the indicator itself.