During my years as a sports data collector, it amused me when a coach would attempt to make his or her team's stats look more flattering by crediting a volleyball team with far more assists than plausible, not recording errors in baseball or softball or cards in soccer because "we don't need to get into that," or giving their batters hits they didn't actually have "to encourage them."
I used to think but not tell such coaches, "I might think that a hitter should have four strikes instead of three before being called out, but the game isn't played that way." Or, as one co-worker said sarcastically, "I think that one point should count as two for my team!"
