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The reason for the 3 person mechanics was that it was a tourney. There were supposed to be 8 teams on 3 fields. One of the teams dropped out very late the night before. Instead of cancel umpires from the day, they used 3 umpires for the first two games of the day, then we split onto 3 fields for the third game of the day (2 person crews). The pool winners then met for a championship game which was also a 3 person crew.
It was more fair to keep the umpires on the games rather than cancel someone at the last minute. Since the school was not going to be refunded the entry fee, the money was already "in the pot" to pay all the umpires anyway, and the school made out better. We should have gotten $160 each for 4 game, plus 2 people getting and Extra $50 for the championship game. Instead 3 of the 6 umpires got $130 for 3 games, and 3 got $160. The school may be refunding some money though because they were supposedly promised 3 games, and all but the championship game participants only got 2 games.
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