I was taught to, and stil do, go to the side of the team coming to bat. I tell pitcher when he has two, and I tell the batter in the on deck circle when there is one left. It helps keep the game moving

I am pleased to see that the umpires at the Chiefs and Redwings and Doubledays games also work this way.

I was taught to stand on the foul lline of the team that just finished fielding.

I also count pitches but I tell the pitcher "two more". Before the last pitch I have brush in hand and hovering on the 3B side of the plate when I tell catcher to take it down. There is no confusion. After an inning or two I just tell pitcher two more and hover and the catcher knows....

East coast, west coast...

Don't worry, I preferred Biggie to Tupac.:cool:

[QUOTE=briancurtin;543142]This is an area by area "thing" and as I stated if this is an association mandate as with many things (like uniform apparel) then of coarse you follow the mandate.

For the most part all I say is "catch Normal routine" which means 8 to start and 5 in between. Other than an association mandate I do not understand the need to tell F1 he has 2 pitches left etc. as they ALREADY know that but if that's what they do in Rome then do as the Romans do.

I find this a paradox meaning we do not tell F1 the "situation" after his warm-ups are complete. By situation I mean tell F1 "Hey pitch there is 1 out and runners at the corners" That's the coaches job

YET we now want to tell F1 he has 2 pitches left during his warm-ups.

If F1 and F2 want to be treated like "Children" then that's how they will be treated.

In Summary getting back to the original OP, we are all different meaning some want NO Conversation at all etc. and that's ok. As I stated in my original response it all depends upon who my partner is. I have a few that like to chat in between innings and some that do not.

Again another OP which IMO is an area by area "thing" and also governed by association protocol.

Perhaps we should start a new thread on how we would be if there were NO association Protocols at all.

Pete Booth

Personally, I dislike it when my partner comes down to talk to me while I'm working the dish, unless it's about a play, rotations, or something related to the game. I'll probably never tell a guy to not come and talk to me, but I may move to the 3B side as he's coming down...typically they get the hint. I'm sure there are guys on here who will bring it up in their pregames, and that's cool too.

Maybe he was talking about East Coast vs West Coast Swing? ;)

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It might just be the way I was trained, but in my games, if you are the UIC and I am on the bases.........Im not coming in unless you call me in....

AND if you ever do see me coming in uncalled.....hustle over, because its important!!

I might have seen a rattlesnake in the outfield.....(true)...

What about a GLM in the stands. I know there are hand signals for that also but there might be "something special" worth mentioning to your partner.

Pete Booth

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well there was that time this summer at a tourney where the GLM in the short denim skirt propped her legs up against the chain link fence....and caused a small riot ....but after the 1st base coach saw it...lets just say no signal needed:D