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Originally posted by LMan
my suggestion would be that if you insisted on some extra coin since you are now the UiC/Asst-Deputy-Junior-Scorekeeper, your TD would magically find a way to get the assigned scorekeeper to do his/her job 
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Great idea. Now, pay did come up last night, though not exactly in this context. The game went very slowly and was a laugher. I asked for a 15% raise*, and she reminded me of her 50% kickback policy, so we agreed on a 30% gross (15% net) one-time raise. I'll be back out on Wednesday, so I'll work the same angle on the participation enforcement. I'll bet I can get the same deal.
(The umpire coordinator was a champ, though, and took our burger orders before the concession stand closed.)
Seriously, I'm not really trying to get out of this. It isn't burdensome, and I'm qualified to do it. Am I flouting tradition, or setting some outrageous precedent that you are afraid of? (Though I can't imagine that LL umpires are considered trend setters.) By counting innings am I neglecting a more important between-innings responsibility (beyond keeping the game moving, which does suffer)? Have I violated union rules or some professional ethic?
-LL
* Over LL base umpire rates, of course.