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Old Tue Sep 21, 2010, 12:06pm
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Don't do that tournament anymore.
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Old Tue Sep 21, 2010, 12:14pm
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don't do that tournament anymore.
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Old Tue Sep 21, 2010, 12:16pm
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Don't do that tournament anymore.
Yeahuh. I wouldn't have done extra innings. If the TD can't get his head far enough out of his butt to figure this out, he can work the extra innings himself. He obviously doesn't trust the current crew enough to take their word for the score.
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Old Tue Sep 21, 2010, 01:27pm
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Old Tue Sep 21, 2010, 01:34pm
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"That's just part of the game" - Derek Jeter
Too soon?
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Old Tue Sep 21, 2010, 03:11pm
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Old Tue Sep 21, 2010, 04:13pm
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If the base umpire is "required" to keep score, he SHOULD verify it regularly. If the home team has the "official book", the base umpire should not have to keep score - the two teams should check with each other every half inning to verify things.
This is a Murphy's Law thing - if a CF like this can happen, it will. You've covered your butts - kept score like you were supposed to - but that's not to say mistakes will NEVER happen even if you are doing what you're required to do. Courts are full of "He said - she said" cases. Fortunately your TD made the final decision. It's unfortunate it may not have been the RIGHT decision, but the monkey's off your back.
Now you get to decide if you need that $40 enough to keep doing those games.

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Old Tue Sep 21, 2010, 04:25pm
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If the base umpire is "required" to keep score, he SHOULD verify it regularly. If the home team has the "official book", the base umpire should not have to keep score - the two teams should check with each other every half inning to verify things.
This is a Murphy's Law thing - if a CF like this can happen, it will. You've covered your butts - kept score like you were supposed to - but that's not to say mistakes will NEVER happen even if you are doing what you're required to do. Courts are full of "He said - she said" cases. Fortunately your TD made the final decision. It's unfortunate it may not have been the RIGHT decision, but the monkey's off your back.
Now you get to decide if you need that $40 enough to keep doing those games.

JJ
Verify it with whom? Do what with his score if it differs from someone else (like the home book)? If BU is keeping score, that's the score. I can see ANNOUNCING the score to the bookkeepers on both sides... but not verifying anything.
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