Umpire scheduling for baseball and softball assignors.

A baseball or softball game starts with two positions, Plate and Base. Add U1 and U2 for a larger crew, or cut it to one position for a rec game with a single umpire. Each game can have a different crew.

The board shows every position on every game, so an open spot on a two-umpire crew stands out.

Assigning an umpire saves a draft and doesn’t contact them. You can fill Saturday across every diamond, change your mind, and send the finished slate in one batch. Each assignment goes out as its own text or email with an accept-or-decline link.

Each game has a date, a start time, an optional end time, and the location written the way you’d say it: “Harborside Complex, Field 1”. That is what the umpire sees in the message.

On a doubleheader Saturday, Ref Grid warns you when an umpire you pick already has a game at an overlapping time. Without an end time it assumes a standard game length for your sport. It doesn’t check travel time between complexes.

Each umpire accepts or declines from the link in their text or email. There’s no account, password or app.

A decline reopens the position and stays on the record. If an umpire tells you in person, you can record the answer yourself.

The dashboard counts open positions and declines, and each number opens the board filtered to those games. Pick a replacement, and they get the same kind of assignment message as everyone else.

When a game moves or is rained out, Ref Grid tells every umpire who was sent it: the new time or field, or that it is off. For the order to handle a late dropout, see what to do when an official cancels at the last minute.