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Originally Posted by harmbu
FED rules; high school varsity game.
Last week I had a road game. At game time, one umpire entered the field alone. The coach of the home team explained that only one umpire had shown up. He said that he had someone in the stands who helps them occasionally that he would be fair if I wanted him to help. My other option was to go with one umpire (who happened to be calling his first game ever). I was not comfortable with either of these options. What are my options in a situation like this? I will tell later what I chose and what happened.
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Around here the game would have been worked solo. Our local HS association does not allow non-certified umpires to work the games, especially a varsity game.
Personally I would rather work alone than have a 'parent' or other fan pulled out of the stands to help me.
A new umpire working HS varsity for his first game? I bet it was quite the game.