OK, I probably know the answer to this.
I was covering a basketball game for a newspaper. I keep my own stats when I do that. During play, Team A #21 fouls. the referee comes to the table and reports the foul on Red 21. The PA announces the the foul is on #31. I look to make sure I wasn't going crazy and #31 wasn't even on the floor. At end of half I have #21 with 2 fouls and #31 with 2. The PA gives points and fouls and says 21 has 1 and 31 has 3.
I go to the book to make sure I'm right and assistant coaches from both teams comes too, all with the same question. We all have 2 and 2, but the book has 3 and 1, The visiting team has a kid who appears to be 12 years old on the book and he prompty erases one foul from 21 and gives it to 31.
We are all sure that it's supposed to be 2 and 2, but the home book keeper gets very angry very quickly about the whole thing.
We all just threw our hands up. I guess sometimes there's just no way to correct a mistake. If she had been more willing to listen and admit she made a mistake, could it have been changed?
I was covering a basketball game for a newspaper. I keep my own stats when I do that. During play, Team A #21 fouls. the referee comes to the table and reports the foul on Red 21. The PA announces the the foul is on #31. I look to make sure I wasn't going crazy and #31 wasn't even on the floor. At end of half I have #21 with 2 fouls and #31 with 2. The PA gives points and fouls and says 21 has 1 and 31 has 3.
I go to the book to make sure I'm right and assistant coaches from both teams comes too, all with the same question. We all have 2 and 2, but the book has 3 and 1, The visiting team has a kid who appears to be 12 years old on the book and he prompty erases one foul from 21 and gives it to 31.
We are all sure that it's supposed to be 2 and 2, but the home book keeper gets very angry very quickly about the whole thing.
We all just threw our hands up. I guess sometimes there's just no way to correct a mistake. If she had been more willing to listen and admit she made a mistake, could it have been changed?