Joy of Keeping Score How Scoring the Game Has Influenced and Enhanced the History of Baseball

Name: Joy of Keeping Score How Scoring the Game Has Influenced and Enhanced the History of Baseball
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ISBN: 9780802715708

ISBN-10: 0802715702

ISBN-13: 9780802715708

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Authors: Paul Dickson, Tim Kurkjian

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In this unique book, Paul Dickson celebrates one of the most unusual traditions in all of sports--the baseball scorecard. Within the history of the scorecard are some of baseball's greatest moments. From the first scorecard introduced in 1845, to the scoring system devised by direct-marketing genius L. L. Bean; from presidential scoring habits to batting titles decided by official scorers, to Phil Rizzuto's inspired scoring symbol "WW, " ("Wasn't Watching"), Dickson delights in his subject, offering unique insights and memorable anecdotes. Among the book's many illustrations is a gallery of historic scorecards, including Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series, Babe Ruth's famous…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Publisher: Walker & Company
Publication date: 3/20/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 128
Size: 7.50" wide x 7.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.704



Introduction



Why Score?



How to Tend a Scorecard-The Basics



The Grid



The Code



By the Numbers



Further Basics



Advanced Scoring Techniques



Amplifications



Marginalia



Using Color and Diagrams



Asterisks, Exclamation Points, and Other Symbols of Defensive Prowess!



Scoring and Baseball History from A to Z



Is for Abbreviations and Scoring Symbols



Is for Box Scores



Is for Collecting Scorecards-Objects and Information



Is for Details, Details, and More Details



Is for the Eisenhower-Coolidge Continuum



Is for Scorekeeping in French



Is for Gems and Errors



Is for Hindsight



Is for I Score, Therefore I Am-The Scorer's Creed



Is for Judgment Calls



Is for K as in Strikeout



Is for L.L. Bean's System, the E.Z. Radio Baseball Score Card, and Other Attempts at the Great American Scorecard



Is for the Metaphor of Scoring...with a Lengthy Digression on Scorecards, Hot Dogs, and Peanuts



Is for Numbers, The



Is for the Official Scorer



Is for Proving the Official Box Score



Is for Questions for and Answers from the Official Scorer



Is for Rules of Thumb



Is for Scorecards and Scorebooks



Is for Team Error



Is for Uncovering the Truth of the Horse's Teeth



Is for Vexatious Moments in Official Scoring History



Is for Writing Instruments



Is for X's and Checks



Is for Year-by-Year Timeline of Scoring Rule Changes



Is for Zamboni on Field and Other Zany (but Relevant) Scoring Notations


Scorecards of Historic Games


Acknowledgments


Bibliography


Index