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Baseball / softball · 2 officials

High school · Outdoors · 24 questions

Keep the answers in a Crew Room
  1. 1Plate umpire
  2. 2Base umpire

Common labels, offered as a start. Change them to match your manual.

  1. T-45 min

    Arrival

    1. Where and when do we meet before we go in (lot, entrance, locker room)?
    2. Who checks in with the site manager, and who asks where we dress, sit at the break and leave from?
    3. Who checks the playing area and the equipment the game needs before the start?
    4. Who walks the field for markings, holes, lights and anything left on it?
  2. T-15 min

    Before the start

    1. Who meets the captains or coaches, and what is the one thing we say to them?
    2. Who checks the scorer, timer or book, and how will they tell us they need us?
  3. Every play

    Coverage

    1. Where is each of us at the start, and who has the first restart?
    2. A play happens between two of us: who takes it, and how do we show "mine" or "yours"?
    3. Two of us see a play differently: when do we get together, and who gives the decision?
    4. Fly ball to the outfield: who goes out, and how do we tell each other?
    5. Runner on first: who covers third, and when do we rotate back?
  4. Every stoppage

    Signals between us

    1. What signal means "check the clock / time remaining"?
    2. What signal means "watch that player" or "talk at the next break"?
    3. How do I ask you for help on a call, and how do you give it without a show?
    4. Infield fly situations: what signal do we give each other before the pitch?
  5. When it heats up

    Game management

    1. A coach keeps talking: what is our step-by-step, and who handles the bench nearest each of us?
    2. A player is hurt: who stays with the play and who goes to the player and the bench?
    3. A fight or a crowd problem: who separates, who records numbers and times, who talks to site management?
  6. When it happens

    Special situations

    1. Weather or lightning: who decides to stop play, where does everyone go, and who tracks the wait?
    2. A check-swing appeal: who is asked, and how is the answer given?
  7. Final minutes

    End of the game

    1. Who owns the clock in the final minute of each period or half?
    2. How do we confirm the final score and leave together?
  8. T+15 min

    After the game

    1. Where do we debrief (five minutes, before anyone drives off)?
    2. Who files any report the league or association needs, and by when?

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