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Personally, I try to get to a field 45 minutes to 1 hour prior to game time, especially if it's at a field that I've never worked at before. When my partner arrives, or if we are commuting together, we will go over coverages (1st to 3rd, going out on fly balls, who has fair/foul, etc). I also go over any signals so that we are on the same page. I personally don't care what signals we use, and am always willing to adapt to my partner, so long as the two of us (or more if there are more) are all using the same thing. If there are more than two of us, we determine how many others (other than PU) will carry an indicator (out here, in two man, both umpires are required to carry). We also decide what color shirt we will wear, assuming we both have the same colors (navy blue is the required color, others are optional). We then try to touch up on anything else that we may have questions on, and then it's game time.
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