Question

Simon Rottenberg’s 1956 analysis of this activity’s labor market posits that the no-notice salary reductions faced by some workers are offset by a large “psychic income.” The word “the” is footnoted with a citation to its OED definition in William S. Stevens’s parody law review article about “the common law origins” of a feature of this activity. (15[1])The evolution of permissibility and presuppositions (15[1])during (15[1])conversations is notated by analogy to this activity in a paper by (*) David Lewis. (10[1])During his confirmation hearings, (-5[1])John Roberts used an analogy to this activity to advocate for judicial restraint. Laws that give life sentences to habitual offenders are known by an idiom (10[1])derived from this activity. For 10 points, name this activity, the source of the phrase ■END■

ANSWER: baseball [accept scorekeeping baseball; accept umpiring or calling balls and strikes; accept pitching; prompt on scorekeeping by asking "for what activity?"]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Conor ThompsonMichiganMojo Shojo5615
JinAh KimMaryland B-Purdue6215
Matt JacksonChicago ASenpai Notice Me6315
Clark SmithOSUEpic Games7710
Alston BoydChicago BIllinois81-5
Charles HangWUSTLNorthwestern10710
Iain CarpenterIllinoisChicago B12810

Summary

2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y6100%50%17%82.17