Scoring Games By Hand

[Bobby Light 76]

Does anyone do this?

 

I was thinking I wanted to try it out for a few MLB games this year, for no reason in particular other than it just seems like something i might like.

 

Do they still have score sheets in the programs or should I bring my own?

 

Any particular methods you like?

[RowdyVic 106]

Putt putt does...

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[Tailgate 2972]

Several people around me at the regionals and super were scoring...was awesome. What makes baseball fans so much fun to be around.

[gsoda3 3187]

some do it on apps like gamechanger (i hate it, it's mostly for high school gmaes) but i do it on paper.  they sell books, same as always.

[TwiceHorn 30716]

I wound up doing it a lot in high school when I wasn't playing.  I learned to kind of like it.  I didn't enjoy counting pitches though, and it's easy to get distracted, but if it doesn't matter then who cares.  Coach would get mad if it got fucked up.

Edited June 16, 2018 by TwiceHorn

[WBT 20132]

You can get a scorebook at Academy for 3 or 4 bucks.  I don't really like the layout though as there are like 18 or 20 spots in the batting order so there is a lot of wasted space.

[miguelito 11061]

I always do, it's fun. 

Don't try to keep a pitch count, you will have enough to keep track of.

It's exciting, but it sucks, when a team bats around in an inning.  You have to cheat into the adjacent inning, and hope that doesn't offset the whole rest of the game.

I've been to a 14-inning game - that was fun going to the next page.

Read up on some of the theories and abbreviations and other things (K vs. backwards K, for example).  But over time you'll develop your own little code. 

 

True story: at Safeco Field in Seattle there is a statue of long-time announcer Dave Niehaus, installed after he died.  In the statue, he's sitting at a table with a microphone and his scorebook in front of him.  You can go up to it and look at his notes, and if you're a Mariners fan, you will recognize the game.  (Cora on 3rd, Jr on 1st, Edgar hits a double - UNBELIEVABLE!)

 

 

[BillyGoatHill 4267]

2 hours ago, miguelito said:

 

 

True story: at Safeco Field in Seattle there is a statue of long-time announcer Dave Niehaus, installed after he died.  In the statue, he's sitting at a table with a microphone and his scorebook in front of him.  You can go up to it and look at his notes, and if you're a Mariners fan, you will recognize the game.  (Cora on 3rd, Jr on 1st, Edgar hits a double - UNBELIEVABLE!)

 

 

I wasn't able to get tickets to this game, but myself and a few co-workers did score tickets to game 4 that allowed this one to be played, winner take all. It was the loudest I had ever heard the Kingdome (I was not a Seahawk fan nor did I go to their games), and I came home with my ears ringing. Cannot imagine (but I know it was) being louder when Jr. came around from 1st to score the winning run.

[Pato del Muerto 51914]

This past city softball season I was asked to keep score one game. Quickly realized I had forgotten enough that it was a big mess. 

[The University 828]

learned to score games at dff with the help of a few other fans awhile back. was hooked immediately. to dig a little deeper, i picked up paul dickson's book.

[NeverMarryAStripper 21765]

I learned when I helped my mom coach high school girls softball. I still enjoy it.

 

 

[MrPhlegm 3413]

Girlfriend in highschool used to when we went and sat in the $2 seats in the outfield under the homer board in the dome. I dont have the patience to do it. FOAMER!

 

 

[Guest]

Scoring by hand...

 

[huge 3766]

My grandmother listened to every astros game in 1986 on the radio and scored them by hand.

My God I wish I had those notepads today.

[ImissWallyPryor 9044]

My son and I were at the Arkansas game in Omaha, and I commented to him how no one anywhere near us was keeping score and how different that was from when I was a kid.  Of course, neither was I, but what made me think about it was the guy sitting to my right whose big hat was blocking my view of the pitch count on the scoreboard.

/csb

[VolenteHawk 495]

I still love it. Taught my daughter when she was 10, and refreshed my wife who now keeps the book for my son’s games.

Very little in life beats a summer evening, a cold beer, a top of the first, and a clean scorebook to fill in.

 

[Moby Ric 2058]

Geddy Lee does this at Blue Jays games every time he goes.  He is a huge baseball fan.