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Originally posted by Tim C
Is a "Game sheet" your line-up card.
You are the first umpire I have ever talked (written) to that actually keeps track of innings pitched.
How can that impact a game?
I mean if you were working and had a pitcher replaced by trips wouldn't you just know it?
Also, I don't think that in all my years I have ever had a pitcher return to a game (other than once I did have a rat bring in the LH first baseman to pitch to a LH hitter then switch him back for the original pitcher who had gone to first).
I have just never known an umpire to keep records like you mention.
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The lineup is what the coaches give me. My game sheet is a pre-printed sheet I have developed where I keep up with stuff, off the lineup sheet, where I only keep up with lineup changes. Stuff like offensive and defensive trips, courtesy runners for pitchers and catchers (in Fed), team warnings, ejections (if any), and if there have been no subs until late in the game I keep up with them there also. Because of the way I keep it, I can tell you how many innings each pitcher pitched, and on what trip they were removed. Pitcher's don't return very often after being removed, but when they do, I will know if they are eligible to do so. I don't have too much problem remembering when 2 trips in an inning (OBR) happens, but in FED it's the 4th trip that gets the pitcher removed, and if I don't keep a record I will not know when that happens. Somtimes coaches (FED) don't know how many trips they have made (imagine that) so they will ask before they go out if they have a trip left. After the 3rd trip I will let them know that was the 3rd trip.