Lost the fouler

[Dan_ref]

Originally posted by Richard Ogg
When was the last time you arived at the gym and noticed that one team had numerous numbers with digits over 5? A quick look and you begin to suspect the team is simply thrilled that someone provided some jerseys. (Granted, this is not a HS varsity game.) The numbers look fine to me!

A couple of weeks ago I arrived for a 7/8 grade doubleheader. The home coach explained that he had a problem; the visiting school only had one team. He wanted to combine his 7th and 8th grade girls so that all could play, but that would mean duplicate numbers. I asked him to swap jerseys or whatever to give us a 22-blond and 22-brunette or whatever. (Turns out he had to keep the book while coaching and saw for himself every foul but one or two. Usually before we could report he had already recorded a foul on "Susan" or whomever.)

It really is a game.

Yeah, at some of these "lower level" games the kids are
happy to have any uniform. One game the pint sized point
guard had shorts on that were like 3 sizes too big and
of course the drawstring didn't work. I had to tell him
to hike his pants up after I noticed he was tugging them
down even further to get that "look" we all love. Finally
during a dead ball I told the coach next time I see his
pants below his waist the kid's gonna sit. The coach said to
me "come on, you can see how big his shorts are" but as the
kid is walking away from us he's tugging his pants down
again. I just pointed to the kid and said "Yeah, sure
coach". We both chuckled and the coach pulled the kid out.