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Originally posted by just another ref
In our 13-14 year old boys league the home team must furnish the keeper of the official book for the evening. This is to say the least a problem at times. Probably 1 out of 5 that keep the book really knows how, and probably at least 1 out of 5 has no clue, but somebody's gotta do it so........ to make a long story short we were credited with 2 runs more than we had, which pushed us to a 10 run
(mercy rule) victory after 4 1/2 innings. A few minutes later the visitor's scorekeeper pointed out the mistake.
(what took her so long to speak up?) We discussed possibilities for a little while, (several players had left)
and the visitor's coaches basically said, "Forget it. Our butts are kicked. Let's go home."
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Remember when kiddie ball umpires where belittled for keeping track of the score. The big dogs insisted that this was unnecessary!
