Richvee

If this was Manfred's way of floating a weather balloon, it smashed to the ground faster than turkeys on Thanksgiving in Cincinnati

So which one is it?

I've been doing Juco and D3 in NJ for 5 years. I don't see many ex- AA-AAA-MLB guys doing JUCO/D3.

This is also why there’s no new advances in any timing device. Now all they need to do is get those bricks that run the scoreboard clock down to a manageable size.

I'm with you on all the above in a conference, or league game, including High school. One thing I will bring up is mercy rule in a college game..Some conferences use them, some don't, and if it's a non conference game both teams need to need to know. Tournaments are a bit different. Especially if it's my first game or a teams first game of the tournament. All this needs to be mentioned because almost everything on this list varies by tournament. Most tourneys supply baseballs and this isn't a plate meeting topic either way. Mercy rules are always different, and coaches may want to manage pitching differently depending. So this I'll discuss. Along with rule set, modifications, courtesy runners, tie games. (some will play extra if time allows, some don't. Some put runners on, some don't) Some tournaments we're not responsible for lineup changes and all substitutions go through the official scorer. If thi is the case, it's also mentioned at the meeting. That's if it's the first game for any of us. If it's day 2, or later in the day and we've all had games already, the whole plate meeting is more like..."OK, everybody was here on this field yesterday?. We know the rules? Any questions? Let's go."

That was my first thought here. One of the best in the state doing a state semi, and he’s got a plate brush on him while on the bases? Was it in his ball bag? 🤦

Don’t get me wrong. I’d take a 3 man crew over 2 and a timekeeper every day. Just a comment that there’s a whole hell of lot of time keeping for that one base guy.

It is ironic that all this timing will fall on the shoulders of the one guy on the bases in a JuCo or D3 game, when the guys doing 4 man will have a time keeper in the booth.

Or, don't reprogram the RefSmart. Run your 120 in between innings timer. If it's a new pitcher, give the 30 second warning when the 120 runs out, run a 20 second action clock, then again to the ten second warning. There's your 150. I just can't see 25 bucks for a 2 second adjustment. Or, I may just go back to the stop watch for everything.

Thanks for the info. I think I’ll be holding off on this update. For $25, they’ll change the 10 second warning alarm to 8 seconds. I think I can deal with a buzz and then wait two seconds before acting on it. We will still need to deal with that pesky 30 extra seconds for a relief pitcher( he gets 150 seconds compared to 120), and the new 30 second timer for offensive conferences.

Been there...Done that 🙂

Yup. Read the room.

Specifically Lakepoint. I think United runs the whole umpiring program there. And yes, their training is top notch.

I should have know better than to say “may be”. They’re ordered. Merry Christmas to me. 🤣

And they're on sale at Ump attire...looks like I may be getting myself an early Christmas gift.