Just for the record - five minutes after being declared the winners, Joe came up to the score table to report two scoring errors, one of whom was going to be majorly against him (7NT by the opps had been mis-scored, due to director incompetence (mine)).
Fortunately, after both adjustments they ...
Roger is a wonderful man and a great co-worker. He will be sorely missed, especially his infectious smile and laugh. I'm sure he was trying to hang on until the Mariners won the World series, but I think he made the right choice.
I am going to restrain myself from entering the body of discussion, except to state the fact that there has been no removal of AWMPs, or 'demerits', as they were referred to. That part of the appeals process has not changed, and I know of at least one that was ...
Well, I'll play the Dr. Cox card*. Evil people could revoke, trying to gain a trick if it is undiscovered, knowing that they (probably) won't be penalized beyond equity if it is discovered.
I know you both have a point, and appreciate the incongruity of Isaac's cases ...
Point well taken. However, a danger in reverting to all equity-based revokes is that it would encourage them; since there's no penalty, what harm would befall anyone by not following the rules and following suit?
That being said, each revision of the law regarding revokes has tried more and ...
Dunno how this got to a Black Sox retrospective, but the general consensus is that Jackson was convicted because he took the money (if I remember correctly, he was the only one paid by the gamblers). There was no evidence that he tanked (.375 average, and the only HR of ...