Umpire Communication

[jTheUmp]

Originally Posted by BSBAL18

I umpired with a guy with two bags (is that what they are even called) on his belt and i have no idea what all he carried around in them.

I use two bags.

The right-side one carries the lineup card for the team in the 1st base dugout, my brush, and 2 extra game balls.

The left-side one carries the lineup card for the team in the 3rd base dugout, misc items (gloves and chapstick on a cold day, etc) and any extra balls beyond the two that stay in my right-side bag.

For some games, of course, this means the left-side bag only carries the lineup card...that's ok, it makes it easier for me to pull out the proper card when recording substitutions and courtesy runners.