How many books do you need?

[Back In The Saddle]

I had something new happen in my game last night. I went over just before the 10:00 mark to check the book. I see two scorekeepers, two books, and I see one of them filled out and starters marked. I did a quick count of the players on the book, etc. and everything seemed hunky dory. And since the scorekeepers seemed to be talking about the roster, I left them to it.

Just before tip off I approached the table to talk about signaling us when we have 6 team fouls, and I notice only one book. When I asked about it, the home team scorekeeper says somebody lost the book and is it okay if they don't have one or can they use the soph. team's book.

Well, they had rosters submitted properly before the 10:00 mark, and I don't recall anything specifically stating any penalty if the home team doesn't provide a score book. So unless I'm forgetting something, I don't think the situation was illegal, just odd. We waited a couple of minutes while they got the soph. team's book and added the players.