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Originally Posted by Patrick Szalapski
Umpire: "What's the score?"
Scorekeeper: "22 to 2."
Umpire: "And who's winning?"
My colleague points out that the official scorekeeper is sometimes surprised by that last question. I mean, anybody who's been following the game knows that it's a complete blowout. Anybody, that is, except the umpires:
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Nice article, but an umpire who does not know he is umpiring a blowout, and who is winning, is an idiot. "Sometimes surprised?", the scorekeeper should be astonished beyond belief.
I may not know if it is 7-5 or 5-7 but I darn sure know one team is stomping the other by wide margin and regardless of which team is stomping I am thinking 10 run rule by the 5th.