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. The evolution of permissibility and presuppositions during conversations is notated by analogy to this activity in a paper by (*) David Lewis. During his confirmation hearings, John Roberts (10[1])used an analogy to this activity to advocate for judicial restraint. Laws that give life sentences to habitual offenders are known by an idiom derived (10[1])from this activity. (10[1])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?"; prompt on sports]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Benjamin ChapmanThe Passion According to C.H.Parth et al.8310
Gareth ThorlaksonNeg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy StyleCameron et al.10810
Michael DuThe Vulture's Guide to BuzzMilan et al.11110

Summary

2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023Y3100%0%33%97.00
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y3100%33%0%78.00
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield04/15/2023Y2100%0%50%116.50
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo04/15/2023Y3100%0%0%100.67