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Old Mon Aug 05, 2013, 09:26am
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Originally Posted by David B View Post
weird, I guess he had to call up the official scorer - ? You would think that the scorer would ensure that the right count is on the scoreboard etc.
I've been to a few Nats games this season, and I have on rare occasion seen where the scoreboard doesn't have the correct count. So I'm guessing that MLB umpires don't use what's on the scoreboard to straighten themselves out.
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