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I do one man in 10U often but here we have too few umps that day to staff this game how they should, Is it ok to get help if I see a guy I know is an ump in the stands?

I am trained by my league, and have little ego so thats not true about all of us, I do this for fun more than for money

I found out i will be doing a game alone this week, happy to do it just a bit lost its 15U which around here is full on mlb rules and the kids can hit/play so its a "real" game, I currently debating 3 ways to handle the game here they are below, which should i do? 1) Umpire from behind homeplate alone 2) umpire alone from behind the mound 3) ask for a parent volunteer to cover some infield for me. Please help!?

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And what does that have to do with anything?You don't want to wear a mask in their colors, looks like you borrowed it or are wearing their colors and are biased towards them<br /> <br /><br />And what does that have to do with anything?<br />I have a partner that always wants to wait to see what colors the teams are wearing before deciding on shirt colors. WTF!!You don't want to look like your on their team, you want to look impartial<br />Warned you in a PM.<br />Here you go with more.I was told that word for word in training Its right out of my notes I'm officially training you right now. So takes notes! Colors team wear do not matter one bit when you are trying to decide what color you want to wear. Well finally I can stay cool in day games! Pretty much half the teams here wear light blue so Ive been in Navy during day games sweat to death good to know its ok to match them

As in behind your back? If so, then this is not recommended. It exposes tour elbows and you could suffer a painful shot or an injury. It's better to put your hands under your hamstrings if you want to protect them. This exposes your forearms, but puts muscle in the path of an errant ball rather than bone.I should have been more specific by back i ment "behind me" my bad, I put them on the back if my thighs/knees Gotcha. That's a good place for them. You will find about as many opinions on what to do with your hands as there are umpires out there. Dan Iassogna puts his hand on (or very close) to the catcher's back. He's probably my favorite MLB umpire, but I would never do this. Some guys swear by the Gerry Davis (hands on knees) stance. I think this is an injury waiting to happen. There seems to be a trend in MLB to let them hang in front of the junk. No thanks. Some use the traditional "forearm with loose fist in front of the stomach" approach. Some use the scissors which necessitates putting them on the front knee. I put my hands under my thighs/hamstrings and "lock in". Works for me - some hate the look. One thing is universal: Don't put them behind the back. Exposes the elbows and looks very Smitty.Ive started doing a Gerry Davis in the slot but my hands go on the underside of me knee or thighs

I never used the app, i dont even own a phone but Im just giving the OP's partner some benefit of the doubt saying its "possible" although incredibly unlikely he was using it. @RingEmUp yes as @umpire_scott said thanks for your service

Oddest injury ever? No still goes to Brian Roberts hitting himself over his head with a bat in frustration reacting to a strikeout, he got a major self inflicted concusion, trumps nipple ring by an inch

Are there any highways named for the town out there? Cause you probably don't want to know what that term refers to either. Hershey Highway? Time for urban dictionary. Edit: Thats Nasty man

Never heard of Grant Balfour, Liam Hendricks, Graeme Lloyd, Peter Moylan, Justin Huber, Dave Nilsson..to name a few? Heard of them just assumed they also flipped sports, or moved at a young age I don't read much about players younger years

We had Church league softball here, was not well funded at all the joke about my Dad was that he was catcher because he had the best dental insurance and they didn't have masks needless to say that league did not last

Yes, the Wide Brown Land does have baseball. Mostly around the edges, which happens to be where most of us are. We play at opposite times of the year, and run the bases in what you would call the "wrong" way around, but it's here.I was just surprised as the Orioles signed a Australian softball player which led me to believe it wasn't over there, because if it was why go there for a guy in another sport

And what does that have to do with anything?You don't want to wear a mask in their colors, looks like you borrowed it or are wearing their colors and are biased towards them <br /><br />And what does that have to do with anything?<br />I have a partner that always wants to wait to see what colors the teams are wearing before deciding on shirt colors. WTF!!You don't want to look like your on their team, you want to look impartialWarned you in a PM. Here you go with more.I was told that word for word in training Its right out of my notes

*Semi-off Topic Alert!*. Not all young umps deal with that, Ive been doing this for 3 years, no ejections yet we don't all resort to it- the closest I came was when a bunch of grandparents were shouting at me in my first year, I didn't toss any(I was 15 didn't know I was allowed to) but a coach reported it to the UIC who reguarly umped the games I played in, next game I played in he came to me between innings asking me about the "walker riot" he and my coach(real true red neck) had a field day with that, so no we don't all start tossing people too soon its not overly common in my opinion

And what does that have to do with anything?I was told to never match team colors <br /><br />And what does that have to do with anything?<br />I have a partner that always wants to wait to see what colors the teams are wearing before deciding on shirt colors. WTF!!See above

Theres baseball in Australia?

Unless Gold is a color for one of the clubs I see no problem

You forgot Hit By Rouge SUV on infield, Alien Abduction, Protecting Player From Bigfoot/Yetti Kidnapping What if the SUV is blue?You mean a Rouge Blue SUV, that would mean tge SUV takes the BU's responsibilities

You forgot Hit By Rouge SUV on infield, Alien Abduction, Protecting Player From Bigfoot/Yetti Kidnapping

As in behind your back? If so, then this is not recommended. It exposes tour elbows and you could suffer a painful shot or an injury. It's better to put your hands under your hamstrings if you want to protect them. This exposes your forearms, but puts muscle in the path of an errant ball rather than bone.I should have been more specific by back i ment "behind me" my bad, I put them on the back if my thighs/knees

I live out side Hershey, I never knew people used Hershey squirts as a term for the runs

Always be 100% that they were in fact texting, i found out that there is an app that an ump can use if they forgot an indicator, which could be an easy mistake not likley here but keep that in mind.

In that graphic it shows one hand in front, I keep both behind me, is that ok?

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