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Originally Posted by derwil
The score at the time was 19-2 Fultondale in the top of the 3rd. The umpire was looking for an out and picked a crappy time to try and get one.
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Understatement of the Day.
Seriously, when things start getting way out of hand, many umpires will look for ways to stem the bleeding. I don't recommend doing that, but I even get caught up in the moment. Just last week in a HS game, the home team was already up 7-0 in the bottom of the third inning with no outs, and there was no doubt in anyone's mind that the visitors were not going to come close to scoring, and very likely the game would end after 4-1/2 innings. There was a somewhat close play at first that I felt the BR beat. I was in C since there were runners at second and third, and I made the long distance "Out" sell call, which was answered by a loud, "WHAT?!" by the head coach in the third base box. He didn't say anything else, probably realizing why I made that call. But I knew what I had done, and regretted it.