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Bosco’s Corner: Ump

By Anthony Bosco

If I had been at the Cardozo-Francis Lewis softball game last week, I probably would have fallen over dead. The classic match-up between two of the top teams in the Queens Division III ended in a way no one would have predicted.

Lewis, which went into the game fighting for the last playoff spot with Bayside, needed the win to get one step closer to a post-season berth. And though the team was playing a proven contender in Cardozo, the Lady Patriots seemed up to the task and ready to take the game over in the top of the seventh inning.

With two outs and runners on first and third, Cardozo pitcher Josephine Georgio prepared to make her next pitch when the umpires employed the seldom-used