Baltimore at Pittsburgh, spring training game. Pittsburgh ahead after top of the ninth is completed. Umpires, naturally, depart. Game over. Well, the teams decided they wanted to get in some more work, especially some relief pitching, so they played the bottom of the ninth, anyway, without umpires.
Some media folks are insinuating that the umpires should have stuck around and worked the bottom of the 9th. No way. Somebody gets hurt in that half-inning, and they would get hammered and sued. Sorry. The game is over. Y'all do what you want to do. But we have fulfilled our obligation. Have a good evening.