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Originally Posted by SethPDX
I like to get to the field an hour to 45 minutes before the game. If I'm on the stick I start putting it on with about 25 minutes to go. I hit the field about 15 minutes before the game, check the equipment, watch infield if it's still going on, then have the plate meeting and get the game started.
In our association we have been told we should be at the field by 30 minutes before game time.
Ummm....we did have one guy show up about 2 minutes before game time this week because he's a doofus and didn't check his e-mail until late that afternoon. His commissioner was quite understanding, and said he'd let the guy's partner know...so check your assignments, just sayin'...  |
I'm almost always at the site 45 minutes to an hour or more before game tiem. This season, however, I got stuck in a meeting that ran over by close to an hour - this meant that I got to the site 5 minutes before the game. I was able to take advantage of the blackberry I got last fall and email my assigner and partner. My partner took the plate and had started the equipment check as I ran from the parking area to the field.
Be cause I've established that I'll arrive early, no grief from anyone.
The only other time I was anywhere near this "late", the site was moved 15 miles further away, one of the main roads was flooded - meaning I had to go 30 miles further, an I had to sit in traffic on the interstate due to an accident.