Loading ...Any of you keep score at the ballpark? I’ve mentioned this a few times here at Redleg Nation, but I’m an addicted scorekeeper. I have filled several scorebooks, and just bought a bunch more. My grandfather and father had their own little manner of scoring a game, and they passed that down to me. I’m looking forward to teaching my son and daughter to score games on their own.
If you score regularly, you know why some people are passionate about it. JinAZ is one of those people. I’m not as big a geek as he is ( 
), but I did enjoy this review of a scorebook he just started using.
So, am I the only one here whose friends poke fun at him because he’s always scratching in a book at the game?
In my job, I keep stats for our college teams … so, when I go to a game such as a Reds game, I don’t. I want to enjoy the whole experience. From time to time, I do keep a scorebook, but that’s only when I don’t have my son with me – too many trips to the concession stand for that to happen.
I have a question, and I don’t mean to be condescending at ALL: Why do people score games?
For me, it’s just a fun way to follow and enjoy a game. That’s all there is to it. -j
Are there any good computer baseball scorebook programs?
When I go to the Rangers/A’s game on Saturday I will be keeping score. Sort of a tradition for me. Plus it helps me keep track of pitches thrown and pitches seen throughout the game
Hey, Greg, to respond to your question:
I keep score for reasons outlined in the post linked above. I feel like I can follow better what’s going on on the field. Before they showed the pitch count on the scoreboard, keeping score was the only way I could do that.
I like being able to see at a glance what hitters did in previous ABs (in more detail than what they show you on the scoreboard).
I dunno, if you don’t score, maybe it’s tough to explain. It just adds to my enjoyment of the game. It adds to the experience.
Plus, I like having a record of the games I’ve been to. I make little notes everywhere on my scoresheet, so that when I go back through and look, I can usually remember what it was like at the game that day.
Y City Jim:
I bought a program called ScorePad a couple of years ago, and have used it off and on since then. It’s used by some major league teams, I think.
I liked it, and it was handy (you scored on your PDA), but I don’t use it much anymore. I prefer paper and pen, for whatever reason.
If I were the official scorer for a team (high school or something), I’d probably use ScorePad because it made tallying up statistics a breeze. I didn’t really need that function for my purposes (scoring a couple dozen games a year, of various teams).