At Buenos Aires airport, Anna, our infinitely patient tour manager, counted us onto the bus.
He was also a Hollywood manager, counting among his clients romance-novel cover boy Fabio and actor Tony Curtis.
I waved to him, but he was busy scanning the room like a theatre manager counting the house before raising the curtain.
"We gave them seven outs in one inning," said Ken Macha, the Oakland manager, counting the botched double plays with wonder in his voice.
Then one evening he saw the manager counting out stacks of money, ready to take to the bank the next day.
At the end of each shift, the manager counted and recorded on paper the amount of wasted product.
From the poshest part of Porto, Chelsea's new manager counts a count amongst his ancestors (as well as the now famous grandmother from Cheshire) and the private school he went to is Portugal's best.
Dr Jen Martin, MindTech project manager, counts roughly 5,000 apps aimed at mental health and wellbeing, and says, "A lot of those, while they might not be particularly damaging, might not be particularly helpful".
He gladly stepped into the role of credit manager, counting loan payments along with CB4 blood counts for his HIV patients.
Standing right outside the office, I watched as he and the campaign manager counted stacks of cash wrapped in rubber bands.
