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Originally posted by Skahtboi
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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I'm with Scott. I have had coaches give me, "watch her leave early on 2B" or "watch for the interference on a ground". I tell the coaches that maybe they should grab a runner or two coming around 3B for an out instead of dumping everything in the umpires' lap.
I had a 12U game a few years back where the coach started "forfeiting" outs and expected the umpire to be the fall guy. So, my partner and I went along with it, right up until that losing team got within four runs, then the "forfeiting" coach was irate with us for putting her team in that position.
Isn't worth the trouble. Call the game.