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Originally Posted by ASA/NYSSOBLUE
I see no reason to carry one in both situations - in (1), since everybody has a cell phone today, there's going to be someone either on the bench or in the stands who's going to be making that call; and in (2), I have many times asked a player/spectator to look at a radar display. MY phone is safely in my vehicle....generally turned off!
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I'm in this camp as well.
The one time I did have my phone with me was that strange tournament situation where folks may have needed to reach me directly. Also, if I needed to make a call to another umpire, I have our local guys' numbers in my directory. I don't know all their numbers by heart. If I needed to reach an out of town umpire that was working the tournament, that would have been more challenging.