Help with mechanics

[LIIRISHMAN]

Originally Posted by Ump Steve

In the grand scheme of things, feel out your partner with a good pregame discussing issues like multiple runners, when to go out, any known plays the teams beat to death..... and so on.

After all of that is said and done, ALWAYS have an odd number of umpires at every call!

THere's nothing like a pregame with your partner to know what and what not he or she will not be doing during a game. This is especially important when you are working with a rook or novice umpire.