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Interesting example from this year's Little League World Series
Quoting King Kaufman
"I'm sure you heard about the fiasco in the New England regional final, where the Vermont manager realized he'd failed to give a kid enough playing time, an offense punishable by forfeit, so he ordered his team, which was beating New Hampshire, to let them tie the game, so there'd be time to get the kid in.
The New Hampshire coach realized what was happening and ordered his kids to swing at bad pitches and not advance past third base. New Hampshire succeeded in losing, which means it won by forfeit. "
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Posted 2006-August-23, 15:22
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Posted 2006-August-23, 20:51
I've seen some bridge hands played like this, but I'm not sure the reasoning was the same.
"Gibberish in, gibberish out. A trial judge, three sets of lawyers, and now three appellate judges cannot agree on what this law means. And we ask police officers, prosecutors, defense lawyers, and citizens to enforce or abide by it? The legislature continues to write unreadable statutes. Gibberish should not be enforced as law."
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Posted 2006-August-24, 06:48
i dropped ace of spades intentionally last week to avoid getting beyond 3rd base........
Kom kit´cha vangar´th, kin patakh´ch vananch, pargh?
If it´s not important to win, tell me, why do they keep records?
(Barcht, Captain of Nir`ch Tyse´th, Klingon Warship)
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If it´s not important to win, tell me, why do they keep records?
(Barcht, Captain of Nir`ch Tyse´th, Klingon Warship)
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Posted 2006-August-24, 08:23
My lunchtime crowd was talking about this game yesterday. One of them said that the umpire noticed that both sides were playing weirdly -- the pitcher was intentionally throwing balls so the batters would walk, and the batters were swinging at everything. So the umpire cancelled the game, and it was replayed a couple of days later.
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