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Originally posted by Tim C
Not only have I never done a game as a one man, I never would do a one man.
IF my partner was injured or did not show I would give the teams a process that we could cancel the game or use a volunteer from the crowd. (I have worked professional games, as the volunteer under this request).
If there was no one from the crowd I would select a player from each team to umpire (again this has been done at the lower levels of professional baseball at various times) each would be the BU when their team was on defense.
One more point, varsity baseball games in many areas cannot be played without two umpires: league, state and insurance rules control that issue.
Gordon . . . there is no such thing as one man mechanics.
In closing, I would not work with a one man crew. Period.
I work under FED rules in all my games (even summer Legion) and I am sure they would agree it is a potential safety issue. (That's my stroy and I'm sticking to it).
[Edited by Tim C on Feb 25th, 2005 at 12:34 PM]
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You're fortunate that you have the luxury or process that requires two umpires. In my neck of the woods this is not the case. Over the years I've done perhaps a half dozen varsity games by myself. To my knowledge there are no insurance issues with respect to this. As long as the game is regularly scheduled this is not a problem as per the Rep. from NASO. Had I refused to do the game I would be in a world os s***. I honestly can't think of a reason why I wouldn't do the game solo. Also, to my knowledge, there's nothing in the Rule Book that says you must have two umpires or the game can't be played.