Calling in your primary vs. "Crew savers"

[Rooster]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

It's hard because one person's "crew saver" is another person's "fishing in someone else's pond"

Ay, there's the rub.

I'm thinking minding my own bidness will work best for me for a while...

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Rooster

Ay, there's the rub. I'm thinking minding my own bidness will work best for me for a while...

Three words of advice: Pregame, pregame, and pregame.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Rooster

Ay, there's the rub.

I'm thinking minding my own bidness will work best for me for a while...

I think, as Billy notes, you could listen in pregame and follow the lead of your partners. If the R, in his pregame, emphasizes your primary, follow that lead. If he emphasizes coming in to save the crew, follow that lead.

If you can't tell, lean towards sticking in your primary unless you see a kid commit a felony.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Adam

You could listen in pregame and follow the lead of your partners. If the R, in his pregame, emphasizes your primary, follow that lead. If he emphasizes coming in to save the crew, follow that lead. If you can't tell, lean to wards sticking in your primary unless you see a kid commit a felony.

Fourth option? I don't know what things are like in your little corner of the woods, but around these parts, umpires are encouraged to ask questions during the pregame. If that's the case in your neck of the woods, then how about, "So? How do you want to handle calls outside of our primaries?".