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Old Wed Jul 20, 2011, 11:12am
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Its simply a clerical mistake.
Names take precedence over numbers.
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Old Wed Jul 20, 2011, 11:59am
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How is anyone suppose to know the name is correct?

Trust a coach?
Trust a player?
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Old Wed Jul 20, 2011, 12:01pm
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How is anyone suppose to know the name is correct?

Trust a coach?
Trust a player?
I'm not going to ask a 12-year old for her driver's license to prove it.
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Old Wed Jul 20, 2011, 01:21pm
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I'm not going to ask a 12-year old for her driver's license to prove it.
I understand.

I was specifically speaking to those people who WILL lie to us? Coaches, adult males, women - oops, I guess my wife doesn't play.

Sans a roster, do we just take people's word for it?
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Old Wed Jul 20, 2011, 01:31pm
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I understand.

I was specifically speaking to those people who WILL lie to us? Coaches, adult males, women - oops, I guess my wife doesn't play.

Sans a roster, do we just take people's word for it?
We don't have too many other options. If the adult coach is deceptive in their presentation of who a player is, then we have greater issues at stake. I can ask the child what his/her name is or check the numbers of the other players, but that's as far as I'm going to take it without further reason to believe that the story just isn't adding up.

Yes, people lie, but it's not my responsibility to conduct a witch hunt.
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Old Wed Jul 20, 2011, 01:34pm
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How is anyone suppose to know the name is correct?

Trust a coach?
Trust a player?
In the OP, if one of the numbers appears on the lineup and the other does not, that makes the number seem wrong. If the name seems to match, either by the previous batter being correct or the ump recognizing the player's position, etc. then no issue.

But yes, sometimes faith is required (also by the other coach).
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