thoughts on these types of umpires.

[ozzy6900]

Originally Posted by LLPA13UmpDan

I wouldnt necessarily say that the "veteran umpire" is the crew chief and he picks, who ever is HP is the crew chief is how its done. Its up to the umpires them selves (agreed upon before the game). Nobody at the feild puts us wear we work. Hope that mnakes it clearer. One of the guys usually asks who wants to do what. Kinda what happened when i stumbed into doing the plate in a district champ. 10-11 softball. Veteran umpire asked who wants to do what, He didnt have it gear, and the other guy got done from working HP that afternoon, so i was the only left to work. Vet. ump took first base. The other guy hadnt shown up to the feild until about 10 minutes before game time, so he was left with taking 3rd

I beg to differ, in our world the senior umpire is the crew chief no matter what position he is working. And if you show up without your gear, we will work with 3 umpires instead of 4. Finally, if you show up 10 minutes before one or our games (especially if we are working 3, 4 or 6 man crew) we are on the field already at the plate. If it was to be a 6 man crew, you will be facing a pi$$ed off line ump in the parking lot wanting your a$$!