Keeping Score - Baseball Article Summaries

Answer please - Scorekeeper (length=1702)
Ordinary effort is exactly what the scorekeeper says it is! Its just like an ump calling balls and strikes, a judgement call. No decent scorekeeper will judge ordinary effort by an individual player s ...

Chattering - Rules question (Rich) - Scorekeeper (length=2842)
The only reason I'm quoting the rule is that I don't think Rich has the book yet. Just to make sure you understand, all baseball rules, as far as I know, are derivatives of OBR which is what MLB uses, ...

Chattering - Rules question - Scorekeeper (length=2229)
To tell the truth, I don't think anyone can say absolutely that anything is or isn't unsportsmanlike. This gets into the same area as wearing the hat or pants a certain way. I'm certainly not going to ...

ERA - question - Scorekeeper (length=6368)
Rather than try to answer your question and probably miss something, Here's the rule. Read it, and if you still have questions, ask away and there are lots of folks who will be glad to help. OBR EARNE ...

ERA formula - Scorekeeper (length=2702)
2002 OBR Rule 10.22(e) Pitcher's earned run average, multiply the total earned runs charged against his pitching by 9, and divide the result by the total number of innings he pitched. NOTE: Earned run ...

ERA formula - Scorekeeper (length=6874)
That's very true, but I think its artificial. IMHO, as pitchers are developing, they should throw against the widest variety of opponents po ...

ERA formula - Scorekeeper (length=3258)
Its ok Bob! BB's like this one are all about responding to statements like that one, and I think you responded very eloquently. Actually, I was thinking that baseball is really nothing more than stati ...

ERA formula - Scorekeeper (length=3562)
Shucks Ag, you shore know how to make a guy's day! I suppose in the great scheme of things, it wouldn't make any difference if you put your Aunt Matilda in to pitch. After all, I don't think the world ...

Errors vs hits, little league style - Scorekeeper (length=1053)
I unnerstan! Just pray that those people do too! Actually, I have done a stat similar to that before, but I have since done away with it. Now I do what I call MRU's. If there's a runner or runners on ...

Errors vs hits, little league style - Scorekeeper (length=4387)
The real shame of scorekeeping improperly by accident or on purpose is that it does more harm than good! It wouldn't matter if everyone did it the same way, but they don't. the whole purpose of having ...

Errors vs hits, little league style - Scorekeeper (length=2373)
Ya know, when I got into a big BrewHaHa with LL Inc about stats and was told they are not to be kept, I have to admit I did what everyone else does, and thumbed my nose at them! Of course what I did w ...

High school rule question - Scorekeeper (length=1487)
Can anyone explain this one to me? I've requested an interpretation from my state association rules interpreter, but so far I've received no answer. How in the world do you score a team error and how ...

Marking an RBI and MORE! - Scorekeeper (length=5338)
There ya go! Not only will that work for you, it should be really easy to pick out. that's the whole object. You don't want to spend a bunch of time trying to filter out all of the unnecessary garbage ...

Marking an RBI - Scorekeeper (length=4601)
Whew! Its about time I found one that's easy to answer! The answer is, (low drum roll) there is no right way to mark an RBI on a score sheet! But hold on there Minor Coach, there's an explanation. One ...

Playin' with numbers/Skull Sessions - Scorekeeper (length=5598)
Hadn't heard the board used for years! The questions you raised are very often not considered by coaches. For some reason, after just a couple of workouts, most people assume every player has the same ...

Playin' with numbers - Scorekeeper (length=2271)
The current popular philosophy as far as I can is 1st pitch strikes are very important. More and more coaches are looking very closely at that stat. A lot of the pitchers bat and they know the pitcher ...

Playin' with numbers - Scorekeeper (length=3334)
Well, been lookin' at some old numbers a new way trying to see what there is to see. The old "what count is a batter more likely to get a hit" question is on my agenda again. Most people are used to s ...

Real counts - Scorekeeper (length=1885)
No problem, I often can't interpret my own data. The 1st column is the real count on which the batter left the box. I.e. the one you mentioned, 46 was 4 balls and 6 strikes thrown. Obviously, 4 of tho ...

Real counts - Scorekeeper (length=1889)
Well, I finally got some kid of numbers from the new stat I've been tracking. I log every pitch and the result. I.e. "B-B-S-S-S-B-S-H" would be a hit on a 3-2 count. The difference now is that I get ...

Rule Question - Scorekeeper (length=2746)
I guess the guy from Williamsport forgot to mention that when we talked a few years back. He told me the reason was they didn't want to encourage anyone to keep stats for LL because they didn't want a ...

Rule Question - Scorekeeper (length=2446)
I just saw a prime example of the difference in "proper" score keeping and what even the "qualified" score keepers at the LLWS do. With 2 outs and a runner on 3rd, a ball is hit to F6. He plays it cle ...

Rule question: Deception during a fake.throw - Scorekeeper (length=2326)
Hopefully Rich will be able to give some words of wisdom on this one. We had a runners on 1st and 3rd situation in a game today when something happened I never saw before. The pitcher stepped toward ...

Rule question: Deception during a fake.throw - Scorekeeper (length=2202)
I understand about deception, thanks in great part to many of your posts. But this one just seemed so bizarre, I guess I just thought there had to be something wrong. It was like when my turkey son de ...

Rule question: Deception during a fake.throw - Scorekeeper (length=2443)
Tournament directors may use any rules they please. They can make it so a batter only gets 2 strikes, a batter is automatically out if the ball they hit doesn't reach the outfield grass in the air, or ...

Runners on 1st and 3rd - Scorekeeper (length=2144)
I don't like to see it either, but I've watched too many games be decided on a defensive blunder. Make the suckers beat you! Make 'em swing the bat! How much harder is a loss to take when the run tha ...

Runners on 1st and 3rd - Scorekeeper (length=4184)
This is a play that has honestly driven me nuts for a long time! I guess it offends my sensibilities because it takes advantage of the lack of skills of the players and to me that makes it wrong someh ...

Speial Pinch-Runner rule - Scorekeeper (length=1403)
I have no debate as to its application at all. I understand that. I also have no debate with it adding something to the game that could be beneficial. I disagree that its similar to the CR rule in HS. ...

Speial Pinch-Runner rule - Scorekeeper (length=1487)
This is strictly my OPINION! I think the brain trust of baseball experts at Williamsport has done something to irrevocably hurt the game with the "special pinch-runner" rule! I don't know what they we ...

Stats for 10 yr olds???? - Scorekeeper (length=2475)
Get a copy of the official rules of baseball. Go to rule 10.0. That's the scorekeeper's rule and will explain nearly everything you want to know. An additional feature is, it tells you how to compute ...

Stats for 10 yr olds???? - Scorekeeper (length=3494)
Scrapbooks are a main reason all us parent do these things! Trust me, one day every few years or so, he'll take a peek at it and the smiles will be worth the trouble! I think most of us have similar s ...

What is correct scoring for ball that hits runner? - Scorekeeper (length=2557)
When all else fails, look in the rulebook. lol. 10.10 A putout shall be credited to each fielder who (1) catches a fly ball or a line drive, whether fair or foul; (2) catches a thrown ball which puts ...