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Originally Posted by jwwashburn
So, how are you going to know when the game is over? Even if you are not going to communicate with the scorekeeper about this issue, are you at least going to write down how many runs scored in that inning?
I ask again, what if you are going to the bottom of the 7th in a game that is over? Would you even know it was over? If this sitch happens to you, I hope it goes 16 
Why make things difficult? I prefer to make thins easy.
Joe In Missouri |
The winning team will tell me when there is the possibility of a "run rule" application or when the game is over. Sometimes, even the losing team will tell you, unsolicited.
Even in local games, the teams will tell you when there is an issue. If there is an issue, that is the scorekeepers' job to get it straight, not mine.
BTW, I never said I wasn't aware of the score, I just don't need it or ask for it. Teams give you all sorts of data and don't even know it if you are paying attention to what is going on inside the fences.
Or I can just look at the scoreboard.
Back to the play. The once-taught, still used mechanic on plays like this or an "assumed out, but safe" on the front end of a double play was for the umpire to reiterate the unanticipated call after the fact if the umpire believes it is necessary.
If a team cannot figure out, "safe, no tag!" means the runner wasn't out, maybe they need to find another sandlot in which to play.