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Old Thu Sep 07, 2017, 02:29am
teebob21 teebob21 is offline
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Originally Posted by RKBUmp View Post
Why stand around and wait for time to expire. By refusing to continue the game they have forfeited.
I understand what you're saying, but forfeits are like the F word. I try not to use them in a professional sense unless absolutely necessary.

In the case of the story I posted, it was much more accurate to post a 6-1 game in favor of the visitors than to go to the UIC and explain that I called a "game time minus 90 second" forfeit. What else could I do? Call alternating balls and strikes because neither team had a ready pitcher or batter?

Opinions may differ. I still like the way we finished that game. We left it in the teams' hands up until the timer went off.
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