Category Archives: History

WTF, in scorecard form

Posted on October 27, 2011 by mark

It was a bizzarre half-inning, to say the least: telephone mishaps, four pitchers, two intentional walks, a pinch runner, three strikeouts and a game-winning RBI. The Rangers’ eighth inning of Game 5 of the World Series may have been the turning … Continue reading →

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‘Why don’t you try using two Dixie cups with a string?’

Posted on October 26, 2011 by erin

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 for a … Continue reading →

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The Cardinals make a mess in ink

Posted on October 25, 2011 by erin

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 before Pujols … Continue reading →

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A ruling from the bench on Babe Ruth in ’32

Posted on October 20, 2011 by erin

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 the Washington Senators. And for a … Continue reading →

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Lockbox: 1911 World Series

Posted on October 19, 2011 by mark

As this year’s World Series begins tonight, The New York Times published an article about championship programs through the ages. Like programs sold today, they’ve almost always contained scorecards. “This is the most obvious keepsake, especially because you kept score … Continue reading →

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Previously in Cardinals World Series history …

Posted on October 18, 2011 by erin

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 post from March of this … Continue reading →

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A call for your favorite postseason scorecards

Posted on October 5, 2011 by erin

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 to … Continue reading →

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About September 28, 2011

Posted on September 29, 2011 by erin

“Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” — The White Queen, “Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There” Lewis Carroll (1871) — There is no symbol in scorekeeping for the greatest September collapse in … Continue reading →

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The first scorecard ever?

Posted on September 21, 2011 by mark

Perhaps the first baseball scorecard ever printed was sold at auction in New York last week, apparently fetching a price of $36,000. The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote about this scorekeeping artifact from 1866 the day before it was sold by Swann … Continue reading →

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Lockbox: 2005, Whatever They Call It Now Stadium

Posted on September 20, 2011 by erin

Next week the Florida Marlins play their last series at Joe Robbie Stadium Pro Player Park Pro Player Stadium Dolphins Stadium Dolphin Stadium Land Shark Stadium Sun Life Stadium. Our beloved Atlanta Braves, desperately holding on to the National League … Continue reading →

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