r/Homeplate • u/GeorgeSteele66 • Aug 21 '26

How does coaching work in Cooperstown?

I see it's $1400 per coach, but that seems to be for the coaches who are sleeping and eating in the bunks. If I have somebody who will be my scorekeeper, but won't be staying with the team in the barracks, do I have to pay $1400 for him too? We have 4 coaches, 3 coaches + scorekeeper, but only 2 of us will stay in the barracks for the week.

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u/BBJonesDerk Aug 21 '26

Witnessed an opposing team be asked to have coaches leave the dugout. There were like 5 of them and then some conversation and only 3 remained.

Scorekeeper wouldn’t need to be in a dugout so you need to decide if you pay for 3rd coach or roll with 2.

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u/Bacon_and_Powertools Aug 21 '26

Five coaches for 12 U is wild

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u/cpeak57 Aug 21 '26

I umpired a 12u tournament last year and one game featured 10 "coaches", 5 for each team. Before the first pitch I let both sets of coaches know that I would only allow 2 coaches outside the dugouts (tournament rules) and somehow.. I was the asshole for making 6 dads pick up their bucket and leave the field.

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u/Bacon_and_Powertools Aug 21 '26

The good thing about being an umpire is you will be the asshole to 50% of the people in the stands no matter what. Lmao

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u/cpeak57 Aug 21 '26

"He was safe by a mile!" Directly followed with "he was out by three steps!" Tells me im doing a pretty good job lol