umpire fees

Kaliix · #11 (**permalink**) Thu Dec 15, 2005, 11:50am

Wow, 30 minutes prior to game time! That seems like alot of time to be sitting around waiting for a game to start. I don't think I would even umpire if they made that a mandate. My time is just to valuable.

In CT, with the start times of our games and the fact that alot of our umpires are teachers, me included, arriving 30 minutes prior would be logistically impossible for many of the games. 15 minutes is what I shoot for. Sometimes, the schedule and traffic dictate that I get there with time enough to put on the gear and do the plate conference. Not optimal for sure, but it happens.

Oh, and how exactly do they know what time the umpire is arriving?

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Originally posted by umpbrian

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Originally posted by Tim C
PS: I am the ONLY umpire that I work with that gets to a game 30 minutes before the start. THE ONLY ONE. 15 minutes is a lot and many arrive 5 minutes before first pitch.
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In our association arrival 30 min prior is a mandate. Officials who arrive later than 30 min. more than once in a season are fined by our board $5.00 per occurance. If the official should show up late more than 5 times in one season his schedule is suspended. This measure has take our association from having several late or no shows 5-6 years ago to almost none in the last 2-3 seasons. [/B]