A call for your favorite postseason scorecards
I’ve attended two postseason games in my life. The first was October 18, 1992, the last baseball game I went to before I picked up the habit of keeping score. The Braves lost Game 2 of the World Series...
View ArticleScorekeeping and architecture
Regular readers of this blog know that we like to scour Twitter for posts by scorekeepers, particularly if they include photos, pithy observations, or, best of all actual scorecards. These are always...
View ArticleWho’s got a picture of the BBWAA scorebook?
You know that we love to dissect the various scorebooks on the market. We’ve covered all sorts of excellent options this season — the Eephus League, the Derrick Goold homemade, the Michael Schwartz....
View ArticleFound objects
Squaretender reader @drewbenn writes: “I am now seriously considering trying to fit a 9×9 grid onto a coaster.” Of course, you’d have to find a pen with waterproof ink. But that’s another problem for...
View ArticlePreviously in Cardinals World Series history …
How many young St. Louis Cardinals fans will learn to keep score over the next two weeks? How many young Texas Rangers fans? The Cardinals’ remarkable run through the playoffs got us thinking about a...
View ArticleA ruling from the bench on Babe Ruth in ’32
The St. Louis Cardinals have been the St. Louis Cardinals for more than a century. The Texas Rangers are relatively young, playing just their 40th season; before that they were the last incarnation of...
View ArticleHow the Cardinals coasted to victory in Game 1
Squaretender reader @drewbenn wins the award for most creative scorecard of the year. A few days ago, we told you about something Drew dug up on the Internet — a scorecard on a coaster. It was an...
View ArticleThe Cardinals make a mess in ink
Here’s one for the Cloud of Gnats Collection. From Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com, an absolute mess of a scorecard — the Cardinals half, at least — from the Game 3 blowout at the World Series. And that was...
View Article‘Why don’t you try using two Dixie cups with a string?’
What kind of scorekeeping blog would we be if we didn’t post this one? From Gabriel Haro on Twitter, an official scorecard from Game 5 of the World Series, the wild, odd 4-2 affair won by the Rangers...
View ArticleThen we came to the end
Mark and I use essentially the same system of marks and abbreviations to keep score; it happened that way because we have been watching and scoring games together since 1999, adjusting and correcting...
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