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Old Thu Apr 03, 2014, 12:11pm
Manny A Manny A is offline
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Originally Posted by RadioBlue View Post
Had a V/JV doubleheader Tuesday.
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As we're changing in the parking lot...
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Thoughts?
Yeah, here's my thought: Why in the heck is the same crew working both games?

On the rare occasion that we have a JV/V DH (and in our neck, JV normally plays first since they have time limits), our assignor schedules two different crews. And our umpires for JV are usually the ones who are new and/or need the experience. No sense making seasoned veterans work JV games and take opportunities away from the newbies.

Now, if you have a shortage of umpires in your neck, I can certainly understand. Otherwise, making two umpires work a varsity game followed up by a JV game...ugh!
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