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Originally Posted by JRutledge
......you will find many officials that know when the official book has screwed up and will not continue the game with an obvious mistake.
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obvious.......There's another gray term.
If blue 45 enters the game for the first time in the 4th quarter, picks up a quick foul 30 seconds later, and tables buzzes and signals 5, now that's an obvious mistake. A mistake like this is usually resolved quickly. "Oops, I'm on the wrong side of the book. White 45 has 4 fouls, though."
I'm all for straightening this one out.
But midway through the 4th quarter, A calls time out, both books agree that he has none, and the only thing standing in the way of a T is that "I was keeping up with time outs by switching these marbles from my right pocket to my left," I just don't see where I have the authority (or the nerve) to try and make it stick. Since I don't have this authority, I leave the marbles at home.
(what'd he say? lost his marbles?) Hopefully, I will have enough handle on the game to catch these "obvious" mistakes, but I am not going to try to be a one man wrecking crew.