Grab a scorecard and leave your mark at the ballpark
Do you score baseball games when you attend in person? I always do. I have gone through softball scorebooks, game programs, even $1.00 scorecards over the years. I would even pay for a real pencil to be able to score the games.
It was always important for me to be in my seat for the announcement of the starting lineups, and I always appreciated those PA announcers who went through the lineup slowly and when I could see the starting 9 up on the scoreboard as well.
Watching our interns score games (thanks WTOP Radio sports interns Josh Pick, Nate Lull, Matt Schultz and Ben Raby), reminded me of when I learned how to score games as a kid.
Some scorers highlight every box except those used for actual game scoring. I like making a diamond for a run scored, a tic tac toe box for a home run, a single slash for a single, a double slash for a double, etc. Some like to color in the entire diamond when a run scores and put the details on the outside of the diamond.
I learn from every score card I look at, so I would love to hear your ideas for different calls.
Also, a big thanks to MASN's Bob Carpenter for making some great scorebooks. I own 2 of them, and they can be found at bcscorebook.com. The picture on the front of the scorebook is from a game in St. Louis from 1960.
Bob says the scorebooks with a picture of opening night on the cover are now available in the team store at Nationals Park. Good Stuff and Happy Scoring!
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