Scheduling lead time

[DG]

For HS season I get a schedule that includes 3 weeks of games, and I get this about a week before the first game.

But I also get calls to work games not on the schedule, usually in the morning of the game day but sometimes as late at 2:00 for a 4:00 game, but this is very unusual.

I got a call at 2:00 to work a game at 4:00 a couple years ago. I did not know who my partner would be. I arrived, and seeing no partner I dressed for the plate, went to the plate meeting and told the coaches I was a late minute sub and did not know who my partner was supposed to be. We could either start and maybe end the game with one umpire, wait until my unknown partner arrived, or call it off and play another day. They chose option 1, my partner never showed, it was 2-1 game in 1:20 with no complaints, and home team paid me $85 ($55 normal game fee).

[GarthB]

Two weeks minimum, sometimes a month.

[canablue05]

Once scheduled, how do you deal with cancellations? Is it the umpire's responsibility to find a replacement? The assignors? Just curious.

For myself I schedule the summer games so I work when I want to or can't get anyone else. I usually allocate everyone else first and there's plenty of slots open for me afterwards. The majority of summer ball is weekend DH's, or tournaments. I'm attempting to schedule the entire season in one shot. Problem with that is a couple of guys' work schedules' change weekly.

College Season is scheduled all at once.

[Rich]

I have HS games scheduled for 2009.

My college schedule arrives sometime between November and January for the entire season.

[ajjl22]

I get my entire schedule in mid january for the entire HS season

[archangel]

Same here, we call the assignor in early Jan, pick what available games we want on the days we want, assignor gives us a HS spring season printout - saying nothing is in stone, so expect the normal changes....

[LMan]

2 weeks to a month here.