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Originally posted by wobster
The way we do it, is usually 1 umpire. We have 2 kids who like to split pay and do it with 2. Pay is 10/game no matter how you split it.

We have halfway lines, so the UIC watches plays at second and third, and when pitcher has ball, decides whether to send kid to first or second. BU watches plays at 1st and home and halfway between second and third and third and home. Works pretty well.

If there are runners on base, BU will watch the play at first, and wander down first base line to watch for a play at home, and he has perfect view of his two halfway lines. The UIC watches for any catch/no catch, play at second and third, and makes the call when the pitcher has the ball. With good umpires, we have never had a complaint about the umpires being out of position.

There's the rub. For $10 a game you are not going to get umpires who have studied anything.