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Originally posted by Tim C
. . . as stated above I have never, nor will I ever, work a one man game.
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Tee, I recall that you've said you've worked 3000 plus games in your life. I work 125 games a year and my assignor fines and/or fires umpires who show up late or fail to show up for game. Yet, at least once a year, I end up working one game or part of a game by myself if for no other reason than my partner got stuck in traffic or was in an accident. I've had two games in the last three years where my partner got injured and I had to finish the game myself. So my question is: How have you been so lucky that for 3000 games you've never had a partner fail to show? Never show up late? Never get injured? That seems to be a remarkable run of good luck. This year I had a double header by myself when my partner failed to show. The assignor fired him, but I still got to work those games myself. Yuk, two plate games in 90 degree heat.