Umpire arrested at HS baseball game

[RPatrino]

Does every registered official carry a card on the field, or do they have a patch? How would you know if an official was even registered? It sounds to me like Michigan doesn't use assignors?

[bob jenkins]

It says "if it is learned that ..." so if the official doesn't know, then the official isn't responsible.

[Eastshire]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

It says "if it is learned that ..." so if the official doesn't know, then the official isn't responsible.

It also says "has an obligation to assure." I'm not sure ignorance, willful or not, would be a defense.

[jwwashburn]

I always checked when I got my assignments...There were only a handful of guys I did not know...it took five minutes to look up a few guys on the MHSAA web site

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by jwwashburn

I always checked when I got my assignments...There were only a handful of guys I did not know...it took five minutes to look up a few guys on the MHSAA web site

So what do you do when you get to the field and someone that you did not know is on the field?

Peace

[RPatrino]

In your thickest German accent: "papers please"

[jwwashburn]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

So what do you do when you get to the field and someone that you did not know is on the field?

Peace

You mean a replacement?

I would know that before I got to the field because I always comminicated with my partner the day before or the day of(Parking, where we dress, what time will you be there, plate first if doing a DH, etc) I never had a situation where I did not know the name of my partner before I got to the school.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by jwwashburn

You mean a replacement?

I would know that before I got to the field because I always comminicated with my partner the day before or the day of(Parking, where we dress, what time will you be there, plate first if doing a DH, etc) I never had a situation where I did not know the name of my partner before I got to the school.

Not all replacements are made a day before a game. Some replacements are made hours before a game (at least in my experience) Some replacements are coming from places that will not make them available for you to talk to if you have no idea who they are. I was often moved the day of and at the time I spoke to the assignor they did not have someone to work the game as a partner even if I asked who they were.

Now that is the case in the Midwest where it might rain one place and not in another or it is cold and HS fields are not always in similar shape. I am not talking about the vast majority of games or assignments, I am talking about those that happened sometimes several times during the year. Now if your area has no weather problems and has no one that has to do a real job or has never had a family issue to work an afternoon game, then I guess I would agree with you. And it sounds to me like an unrealistic policy to put that on the officials when in a sport things can change by minutes. It seems like the schools should know who is licensed or the assignors before that is even the case.

Peace

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by jwwashburn

You mean a replacement?

I would know that before I got to the field because I always comminicated with my partner the day before or the day of(Parking, where we dress, what time will you be there, plate first if doing a DH, etc) I never had a situation where I did not know the name of my partner before I got to the school.

Never? Wow. Sweet. Charmed life and all.

90% (maybe more) of the time, I know who I'm working with in advance. But not 100%. Things happen. Last minute changes happen ... and sometimes I'm that last minute change.