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2-Man to 3 or 4-Man?
I am the Assistant Chief Umpire for one of my leagues. We finally (after years of discussion) went to 2-man crews for our high school and Jr. high levels 2 years ago. We had previously only used the 2-man in the Championships.
We have a good solid core of 2-man umps (including myself and another who went to Jim Evans), but would like to possibly step it up to either 3-man or 4-man crews on our Championships. I am wondering if this is something that can be done easily, or should we wait and hold off for maybe down the line? None of us have really ever done the 3 or 4, so it would be a 1 day, 2 game thing. If we did it, what do you see would be the downfalls (missed coverages, forgotten rotations, ect.)? |
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Don't do it until AFTER you have had training, including classroom, some time on a field, and maybe even a "practice" game. Otherwise, you'll end up with no umpires making a call, two umpires making a call, umpires not watching the play because they are wondering what their partners are doing / wondering what they should be doing, etc.
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I disagree. A championship game is no place to demostrate "book lernin'". Follow Bob's advice. Study, train and practice.
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Are we getting a little overly technical here? You act as though I was suggesting that they each go stand in position and read the manual during the Championship game.
I suggested something to study. At least it is a guideline to start with. It even has diagrams that they can train and practice with. God, chill out!!! |
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One guy responded directly to you and another agreed with Bob's response which was before yours. ![]() That being said... gfgartland, Get a full season of your guys studying the CCA manual, or other appropriate guides (like jicecone recommends) and actually working a new mechanic (like Bob recommends)..... then turn em' loose during next year's tourney. Nothing worse than a missed rotation when the "miss" is at home plate. |
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You need a very sound understanding in 2-man before taking on 3-man. The same rotations apply in 3-man (plus a few others) as well as some reverse rotations. If you do 3-man for the playoffs and you have a weak link, put him behind the plate and push him on the rotations. He will do the least damage there. As far as 3-man vs. 4-man, I think 3-man is better. It's about boxing in the runners rather than an umpire at every base. Done properly, 3-man is a thing of beauty. |
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