i was just going to post something along these lines.

i decided to score every game i watch/listen to this year because i didnt know how to score. So i spent some time figureing it out. i figure every baseball fan should know how to do it.

and i agree, it is relaxing, and nice to be able to look back during the game, and also back to previous games.

… probably not a surprise… haha…

but my brother does. He buys a scorebook at the beginning of the season and scores every game he goes to (which every home game but Sundays (church) and Thursday nights — he works). He keeps those books season to season. A little obsessive for my tastes.

But I’m not sure how to score everything. I think I know most of it… I think :(

relax and eat seeds and enjoy the crowd. Plus we got the internet for that.

…and I will again. JJACKFLASH does and it came in handy the few times I caught a game with him.

Is that everybody does it a little different. It’s all about personal style and shorthand and it’s fun to read other people’s score books.

I also used to keep score for my softball team which was tough since I was the only guy on the team that knew how. I had the highest OBP on the team so as you can imagine, yelling scoring decisions into the dugout from second base would get a little annoying.

My favorite part of keeping score for the team however, was that the whole team was full of shit talkers that needed someone to put them in their place when they’d claim they were hitting .500 with 12 home runs.

I always score, and in fact I bring my own scoresheets because the ones they publish at the park suck. I use the Enhanced Vertical Scorecard found at baseballscorecard.com, and go to the park with four sheets, in case the game goes to extra innings past 10.

The only exceptions have been when I’ve been shooting my camera, and then I have my wife score.

My girlfriend is a cold fish.

I’m going to the Angel games in Minneapolis (I live in Wisconsin) on Friday and Saturday and I’m really looking forward to teaching my 6-year old son how to score games. I’m hoping he’ll dig it.

My dad taught me when I was five and I have been doing it ever since.

Its funny though because I usually dont keep it. I score it, take it home, and in a week it usually ends up in the trash.

I think if I had season tickets i would keep all of them and put them on my fridge or something.

Hell, I even scored the baseball card games, spinner games (in which Dave Kingman was better than Babe Ruth), and dice games. And when that got old, I grabbed a tape recorder and announced the games in real time.

but I think I might be doing it wrong…

(oh man, I’m asking for it)

Pedro Martinez hit a foul ball right into the aisle and i didnt see it and by the time I went into the aisle to catch it a 6’5" guy ran over me and I cut my leg on the ground (I was 12 at the time) Blood was all over my leg