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Old Sun Jun 12, 2016, 07:57pm
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Why in the world does the scorekeeper have a microphone? I have never seen that.
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Old Sun Jun 12, 2016, 09:11pm
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Why in the world does the scorekeeper have a microphone? I have never seen that.
I think it is mostly to communicate with the field for things like requesting a lineup from each team 15 minutes prior to game time. The scorekeeper will also use the microphone to double-check to see if a team is going to use the same lineup when playing a double-header without another game between their two games. It saves us the trouble of running another lineup card up to the scorekeeper.

Usually the scorekeepers limit announcements to the inning and if the scoreboard is malfunctioning will give the score and time remaining. Some scorekeepers will announce the first 3 batters of each inning, which I have mixed feelings about, but that isn't that big an issue. Until Thursday night, I had never heard a scorekeeper announce "ball game". It was the last game of the night, so I suspect she was anxious to remind everyone of the impending auto-out so she could be done with her duties.
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Old Mon Jun 13, 2016, 02:56pm
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If the scorekeeper is not a game official, what he says or doesn't say has no bearing anyway.

If the scorekeeper is a game official, then an incorrect "call" can be corrected under rule 10.

Regardless, does shouting "ball game" have any standing in the rules?
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Old Mon Jun 13, 2016, 05:48pm
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Regardless, does shouting "ball game" have any standing in the rules?
No, no, no, nO, NO! Yet, you wouldn't believe how many alleged adults who have argued that once stated, it cannot be undone.
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Old Tue Jun 14, 2016, 08:24am
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No, no, no, nO, NO! Yet, you wouldn't believe how many alleged adults who have argued that once stated, it cannot be undone.
Do they know you can't undo something which can't be done, i.e., a phrase with no verb.
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Old Tue Jun 14, 2016, 11:19am
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No, no, no, nO, NO! Yet, you wouldn't believe how many alleged adults who have argued that once stated, it cannot be undone.
Yeah... the question would have been rhetorical except for the myth believed by so many...
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Old Mon Jun 13, 2016, 03:21pm
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Why in the world does the scorekeeper have a microphone? I have never seen that.
Many a time I have been the scorekeeper and the PA announcer.
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