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Originally Posted by Andy

Being fortunate enough to live in the same city as Emily, and sitting under her mentoring and teaching for my entire softball umpiring career, I have attended her lineup management class a few times.

She schedules one evening in late February every year to strictly discuss lineups and lineup card management.

She has made a statement every year that I have attended that says that this is not the "official" or "accepted" or "recommended" way of keeping a lineup card, just the method she has put together. Of course, with her reputation and background, everybody immediately accepts her system as the best.

Personally, I do not follow her system to the letter, but use some pieces of it to keep my lineup card. It works for me and could be followed by another umpire if necessary.

I also use a red ink pen for my markings on the card. Very few coaches fill out their lineups with red ink, so my markings stand out.

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