New Umpire Questions

[Justme]

Now that my first high school softball umpire meeting/class is behind me I find myself learning new things like: Which bats don't meet the 2004 ASA Bat Performance Standard; Chopped Hit; Crow Hop; Pitcher's Circle; Slap Hit; DP/FLEX; Intentionally removing lines; New Pitching Regulations; Look Back; No lead offs and I'm sure that there will be more.

I have a couple of questions for you guys. I apologize in advance if my questions seem 'stupid' but I'm an old dog trying to learn new tricks.. some of you might know how difficult that can be. Let me thank you guys in advance for your patience.

My first question concerns the softball strike zone that was defined in my meeting last night. I know what the book says but our instructor said that the zone should be 27" wide. He explained it as the plate is 17" + the black edge of our plates are 1" on each side (= 19" so far) + the width of a ball, 4" on each side. That equals 27". Is this the 'standard' (for lack of a better word) HS strike zone? I'm accustomed to calling a much tighter baseball strike zone but I will call the zone my assignor is looking for.

Second question concerns working the 3-man system on a 60' field. I have years of experience working 3-man in baseball (90' field) but I have never seen it on a small field. I know the basic A, B & C positions for a 60' field. My question is what are the umpire positions in the various scenarios? They'll teach me this but I'd like to have a little advanced knowledge if possible. In baseball it's:

POS 1B 3B
Empty --- A A
1b --- A B
2b --- B A
1b & 2b --- A B
2b & 3b --- B A
1b & 3b --- A B
Loaded --- A B