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For HS season I get a schedule that includes 3 weeks of games, and I get this about a week before the first game.
But I also get calls to work games not on the schedule, usually in the morning of the game day but sometimes as late at 2:00 for a 4:00 game, but this is very unusual.
I got a call at 2:00 to work a game at 4:00 a couple years ago. I did not know who my partner would be. I arrived, and seeing no partner I dressed for the plate, went to the plate meeting and told the coaches I was a late minute sub and did not know who my partner was supposed to be. We could either start and maybe end the game with one umpire, wait until my unknown partner arrived, or call it off and play another day. They chose option 1, my partner never showed, it was 2-1 game in 1:20 with no complaints, and home team paid me $85 ($55 normal game fee).
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