I will not manufacture an out. I will call the game as I am supposed, giving as much as I possibly can to the strike zone, and hoping like the hell the winning coach is smart enough to manufacture his own outs.
I did have a high school game this year where I bailed a coach out in a slaughter. He came over to me and told me that he didn't want to the players or family to know that he was conceding the game. I sent him back to the dugout, finished the next couple of batters, went over to the scorekeeper to "check her book," and called the game. I later told the winning coach that his opponent had forfeited the game.
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Scott
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