Pre-Game Checklist
Webmaster Webmaster2020-03-31T12:59:10-04:00Pre-Game Checklist
FAIR/FOUL RESPONSIBILITIES
LINE DRIVE AND FLY BALL COVERAGE IN THE INFIELD AND OUTFIELD
BASE UMPIRE GOES OUT ON TROUBLE BALL; GO OUT & STAY OUT
TOUCHING OF BASES & TAGUPS: BASE UMP: 1st & 2nd: BASE; PLATE UMP: 3rd & HOME
ROTATIONS: TO THIRD:
1) 1st & 3rd BALL HIT TO THE OUTFIELD THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE A FAIR/FOUL RULING ON 1ST BASELINE
2) 1st & 2nd TAG UP ON HIT TO OUTFIELD PLAY AT 3RD **COMMUNICATION**
RUN DOWNS: TAKE 50/50: UMP WHO HAS THE RUNNER COMING TOWARDS HIM HAS THE CALL
SIGNALS & COMMUNICATION
BALKS; ECHO CALL
CHECK SWINGS
BALLS IN THE DIRT, SWINGING THIRD STRIKE
FOUL TIP THIRD STRIKE, CATCH OR NO‐CATCH
FOUL BALLS OFF THE BATTER
DOUBLE TAG UPS
INFIELD FLY
SWIPE TAGS AND PULLED FOOT PLAYS AT FIRST
INTERFERENCE AT FIRST – 45 FOOTRUNNING LANE VIOLATION
INTERFERENCE AT SECOND AND FORCE PLAY SLIDE RULE
OVERTHROWS, DEAD BALL AREAS, AND BASE AWARDS
APPEALS
OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE TIMEOUTS – KEEPING TRACK
ARGUMENTS AND EJECTIONS *SHOW TEAMWORK*
GETTING TOGETHER TO CONFER: BE HONEST, LETS GET THE CALL RIGHT
USE OF INDICATOR?
TIMING DEVICES/WHOS IN CHARGE OF KEEPING TRACK OF TIME
MEETING BETWEEN UMPIRES INBETWEEN INNINGS
ENFORCEMENT OF THE TIME BETWEEN INNINGS; 1 MIN OR 5 PITCHES
PLATE MEETING: * ONLY PLATE UMPIRE SPEAKS AT THE PLATE MEETING, UNLESS BASE UMPIRE IS REQUESTED TO SPEAK*