But here's a change I'd like to see--flip the order that balls and strikes are shown on Baseball Pitch Count's screen (or, at least, give me the ability to customize it). Right now, strikes appear on the left and balls on the right--the opposite of how pitch counts are customarily given in games. More than once, when the umpire called a pitch out of the strike zone, my thumb hovered over the left side button ready to tabulate another ball when I realized I was about to tap the strike button. Thank goodness for that minus button. To that end, if you're tracking pitch counts for two teams, it's disappointingly easy to get the teams mixed up, as the only way to tell you're on one team's screen is a small tab at the top. A little splash of color would go a long way toward stopping you from confusing one team with another.

Baseball Pitch Count has one other flaw, but it's an annoying one. Say Team Two lifts its pitcher for a reliever--you can use the tabs at the bottom of the screen to add a new pitcher and start tracking his pitch count. But when the inning ends, and you flip back to Team One to continue tabulating that pitcher's totals, the app assumes that Team One has also changed pitchers and takes you to a new pitcher tab. Tapping on the proper tab fixes the problem, but it's an annoyance you shouldn't have to deal with.

One final note: while Baseball Pitch Count is by no means a power hog, keeping the app open and running for the two to three hours that it takes to play a nine-inning baseball game can consume a fair amount of battery life for your iPhone or iPod touch. And I don't know of too many dugouts that come equipped with power jacks should your pitch counter start to run out of juice.

That said, Baseball Pitch Count is a useful app for coaches, scouts, and Little League parents looking for a way to keep a close watch on how much a pitcher is throwing.