Lineup Management

[Andy]

I use a modified version of Emily's system using circles and slashes/Xs.

I took what Emily presented and modified it to work for me. One thing to remember is that another umpire should be able to look at your lineup card in the middle of the game and know with minimal effort what is going on. Personally, I have never had this happen, but have any of you been in a situation where you have to resume a suspended game, but were not the original umpire on the game? If so, did you have access to the previous umpire's lineup card up until the point the game was suspended? That, and injury to the PU, are about the only two situations that I can think of that another umpire would want to be able to follow the previous PUs card.

One other suggestion I would make is to use a red ink pen/pencil to make your notations. Very rarely will a coach fill out a lineup card in red, so your notations would stand out. It's also a good idea to have another color just in case the coach uses a red pen.