HS baseball in IA is played during the summer.

Honig's pocket Clip board
 

Honig's sells the black plastic folder that has a mini clip, that holds the teams line up sheet. It comes w/ a pencil and a plastic card that BU can record C-runners, trips & pitching changes, Off. & Def. conferences, and other info you feel is impt. This is a great organizer when working the dish. Anything to keep track of the game is helpful. Our ump association buys these every year for our umpires. I recomend this item. #KIP @ $7.95. ;)

Hmmm,
 

Never have I heard of or seen an umpire keep score.

Ump keeping score
 

:confused: We have enough to do, let alone keeping score. We are the police, enforcer, rule interpreter, secretary, financial adviser, janitor, judge, jury, weather forecaster, ring master and some other that I cannot think of now. But score keeper, not this ump!

Closest I come to keeping score is writing it down when a coach lodges a protest (along with runner, count, outs, ect.). Or checking with the scorekeeper between innings (around the 4th) to see if we are going to have a 10RR, but that is it. (BTW, our fields do not have scoreboards, otherwise I would have no reason to talk with the GLMs that typically keep book.)

we never have a problem with the line-up cards being too little. i HATE it when coaches give you a full 8.5x11 sheet of printer paper with their line-up on it. I like it though when they give you half-sheets. I think that's the perfect amount of paper for a line-up card.

Thanks Bob. Ozzy, Iowa chooses to play BB/SB during the summer. Lets not get into the pros/cons of summer ball but that's what we have.

The BU records Courtesy Runners, Conferences, etc?

-Josh

Well, you're lucky or ... I don't know; what do you want to hear?

That's great, Tim. Good for you, Tim.

Oh, I get it! We don't keep score, we keep track of the score. Never heard of or seen that, either? Well, around this little area where I work, the umpire is required to keep track of the score on a little card or sheet that resembles what I posted earlier.

Kevin,

The Umpire is REQUIRED to keep track of the score?!?!?!

That's amazing.

Who so requires?

JM

I share JM's amazement. Unless it's on the scoreboard, I rarely pay attention to the score.

Easy, son! I am not familiar with Iowa other than tornadoes and Auntie Em! I was just a bit surprised, that's all! :eek:

Thank you Bob, I was unaware!

Don't move to CT, Tim! We are required to keep inning by inning tally on the lineup. Why? I have no idea!

The following units or leagues require the plate umpire to record the runs on a sheet or card like I posted: H.S. Varsity; H.S. JV; H.S. Varsity Summer; 18-U Wood; 18-U Metal; 25-U Wood; 25-U Metal. Those that don't require it: American Legion.

I wish it was like you say. I could do without it.

huh
 

I learn something new everyday.


The only time I want to know the score is in the last inning or when a travesty is at hand. Just so I don't stay too long... ;)

I think that was Kansas there Toto :rolleyes:

-Josh

Hey Rob, are you like obsessed with travesties or what? Or should I say, travestaaahs!:D

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Are you writing all this down on your Honig's KIP Black Plastic Folder w/Mini-Clip, which retails for $7.95 by any chance?:rolleyes::)