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[bkbjones]

Originally Posted by Dholloway1962

Only way to see that swipe tag is to be looking from third towards second or vice versa. Can't do that in two umpire system. Had you had a third umpire the third base umpire could have seen it

Heck, if it's like UTrip Girls' FP here, darned lucky to have two umpires on the field, much less three.

[Dholloway1962]

No USSSA here but same thing. No 3-umpire except for an occassional championship game in a local tourney. And at our State High School tournament. I'm umpiring the 5A-6A State FP here in OK this weekend..gotta get rid of that 2-man system mindset!!

[bkbjones]

Originally Posted by Dholloway1962

No USSSA here but same thing. No 3-umpire except for an occassional championship game in a local tourney. And at our State High School tournament. I'm umpiring the 5A-6A State FP here in OK this weekend..gotta get rid of that 2-man system mindset!!

Having lived in the Amarillo area much of my life, I know your pain first hand. Here's hoping you get no "blue northers" this weekend. I could guarantee that with a banana split from Braum's sent directly to my house.

As for 3-man: I'm not saying everything we do in the Seattle area is perfect, but...we will often do 3-man for practice to try to stay sharp. Sometimes that means we split our 2-man pay 3 ways. Most often, that means we want to do it, rest of crew is OK with it, and the third man does it for free -- just for the sake of practice.