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Originally Posted by Rich Fronheiser
Maybe that's how you do things in Maine. Where I am, we go to the field about 10 minutes before game time, check the equipment, hold a very short plate meeting, and start the game.
When we arrive (about 30 minutes before game time), we notify game management (normally the home coach) that we are there.
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That's not how we do things in Maine. In Maine at least for most associations, we do things in the manner Rich described. Most umpires arrive 45 minutes before game time, if you're not there by 20 minutes before, if you had the plate, you don't have it now.
Up north where the schools are very spread out, sometimes its impossible to get to a game 30 minutes before but the effort should be made. Showing up anything less than 30 minutes before a game is something that makes me sick to do. 45 to 60 is my comfort zone, especially for freshman and above. Lower levels 30 minutes is fine.