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[MichaelVA2000]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

It is not a matter of making people happy.

Actually it can be a matter of keeping people happy. If the UIC's for the various umpire associations I work for are not happy with me, I could become unhappy with my assignments.

[Dakota]

Heck why not just memorize the line ups, too, and avoid that whole crutch of keeping the written line up and taking all that time writing things down.

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by Dakota

Heck why not just memorize the line ups, too, and avoid that whole crutch of keeping the written line up and taking all that time writing things down.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by Dakota

Heck why not just memorize the line ups, too, and avoid that whole crutch of keeping the written line up and taking all that time writing things down.

You don't do that?

[JefferMC]

A bunch of the Fed umpires around here obviously do. I mean, they never pull out the card when a change is made, so they must have it memorized, right?

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by JefferMC

A bunch of the Fed umpires around here obviously do. I mean, they never pull out the card when a change is made, so they must have it memorized, right?

I've never understood why an umpire will not keep a line-up card.

It can make your game so much easier by taking a few seconds to record a change. And God help you if there is a protest over BOO or substitution issues, 'cause the first thing the UIC is going to do is ask for your line-up card.

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by MichaelVA2000

Actually it can be a matter of keeping people happy. If the UIC's for the various umpire associations I work for are not happy with me, I could become unhappy with my assignments.

I'll have to agree with Mike on this one. It is a tool. While 98% of the time I never even look at mine, it is nice to know that when I do need it, I have the count right there. Everyone, at some point in time, is going to lose the count. Better safe than sorry.