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High School Varsity game (between 2 solid programs that regularly make the playoffs):
Started at 7 p.m. Ended at 11:35. 7 full innings. 24-18.
The wind was blowing up to 30 mph or so, straight out. Routine pop-ups sailed to the outfield. Routine fly balls were long gone. Had a lot of homeruns.
The worse part was that after the top of the first, it was 8-0 and I was sure we were in for a mercy rule game. (sigh).
Long, long night. Had to restrict one coach who argued that I didn't call an infield fly quickly enough. I tried to explain that I, as umpire, "am allowed to take the wind into consideration when determining if we have an infield fly, and that while I did call it a little later than normal because of that, I still called it well before your runner decided to run and get doubled off of third." (sigh).
Happy memories.
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