PitchTally

• Pitch-count books disagree between home, visitors and dugouts → one neutral radar count that every phone at the field reads, with a pitch-by-pitch log for disputes
• The rules name a human official pitch count recorder → the pod is an aid: the recorder confirms pitcher changes and corrections, and every correction is logged
• Junior cricket: ECB Fast Bowling Match Directives cap a young fast bowler's overs per spell and per day and set rest overs from the same end, and umpires are asked to keep the record → SpellCount kit: cricket key mat (BALL, EXTRA, BOWLER, UNDO) and a waistband holster; the Tally keeps every bowler's spells, rests and day total against the league's table, buzzes on the last over of a spell and warns when a resting bowler is named (14/14 rule checks)
• High-school baseball: NFHS 6-2-2c gives the pitcher 20 seconds (a ball if late) and 60 s between innings, but umpires say it is rarely enforced with no visible clock (Umpire-Empire, OSAA) → PaceClock kit: a pitcher-facing PaceFace with two 6.5-inch digits, started by the radar on the catcher's return throw, a TIME key for step-offs and feints, a 5-second Tally buzz and a dark umpire-only mode; the umpire still decides the penalty
• Club T20: leagues set a hard innings time with in-match penalties (NWCL 75 min and 10 runs per full over short, 90 s for a new batter; GMACL 80 min, an extra fielder in the circle and 5 runs per over), and the umpires keep it on a wristwatch nobody else sees → OverRate kit: a cricket key mat (BALL, WICKET, STOP, UNDO), the PaceFace hung on a scaffold tube by the pavilion with two printed clamps showing innings minutes left or the new batter's 90 s, and a Tally that buzzes when a side is an over behind; the umpires grant allowances and decide every penalty (14/14 rule checks)
• Tournament bat and catcher-gear checks: Little League tells umpires to check every bat's mark, damage and the decertified list and hand illegal bats to the tournament director; NFHS makes the head coach verify all players are legally equipped and a used illegal bat an out → BatCheck kit: a 2 5/8 in and 2 3/4 in ring gauge with a camera that reads the mark and model, a division table, a synced decertified list, orange NFC HOLD tags, and a plate-meeting card with the catcher's NOCSAE photos that the coach affirms; the umpire decides (12/12 rule checks)
• Youth rest days do not follow the pitcher between teams: Little League says nothing stops 50 travel pitches on Sunday and 50 league pitches on Monday and leaves it to parents; in 2019 tournaments 43% of pitchers broke Pitch Smart rest (Greiner 2021) → RestPass: an orange NFC tag laced to the glove holds every outing from every team; one tap shows ELIGIBLE and today's limit, or the first legal day, plus the catcher rules (12/12 rule checks)
• Tournament time limits: each event writes its own (USSSA Tennessee no new inning after 1:30 for 9U–12U, Nebraska 1:40, a Syracuse league 75 min with a 90-min drop-dead that reverts a visitor lead) and only the umpire's watch knows the time → TimeLimit lamp on the PaceFace: green, amber in the last 10 min, red flash for the last inning, red at drop-dead; the umpire starts it on the Tally and the third OUT decides the next inning

Plate umpireOfficial pitch count recorderBoth managers

1. 01Trigger: the recorder enters both starting pitchers on the pod's page; the umpire pairs the Tally
2. 02Detection: the radar sees each inbound pitch for 290–480 ms and counts it; the umpire's BALL or STRIKE key closes it
3. 03Alert: at 80 the Tally gives one long buzz and the recorder's page goes amber; at 85 two buzzes mean finish this batter
4. 04Action: the manager changes pitchers; any dispute is settled from the pitch log

Outcome: No protest and a rest-day record both teams accept (est.)