Twice I have picked up the newspaper (VA Pilot) and seen scores that were not close to the actual game. Saw one last week where the home team scored many runs in the firt inning but the paper 1) listed the final score as being less than it really was and 2) listed the runs in all different innings.
Hypothetical example, the winning team scores 10 run in the first inning and wins 10-0 but the paper listed the final as 7-0 with the runs being scored in the first 4 innings. Both games where the newspaper had it wrong would most likely be classified as blowouts. The only thing I can think of was someone was downplaying the final score.
My question is how does this happen? Who calls in the information to the paper? I am not blaming the paper, but why would a score be changed and the runs be listed in wrong innings? I have personally been to two games, tracked what happended, and upon reading the paper the next morning, been at a loss for what I am reading? Anybody have the same thing happen or know the process for reporting scores to the paper?
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