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daimyo
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Scoring Baseball
#5512001 - 04/13/06 11:30 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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I used to a lot, then stopped. I was just looking through some of my old cards, and it's pretty cool how you can relive a game just from paper.
I'm gonna get back into it. Anyone else do it?
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OneMoreRobot3021


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Re: Scoring Baseball [Re: daimyo]
#5512004 - 04/13/06 11:31 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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I've never, ever done it! Next time I go to a game, I definitely am going to. 
One of my dreams is to be wealthy enough to not work for a year, and to be able to follow the Yankees around to all 162 games and score every single one.
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Real_Poopypants
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Re: Scoring Baseball [Re: daimyo]
#5512384 - 04/13/06 01:37 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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I used to score Tiger games when I was a kid and listening to them on the radio. I don't think i have the patience to do it now, but I might try again sometime. That brings back memories.
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daimyo
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OMR - Be sure to give it a try. Do a little reading up on it first if you can. They usually explain it all in the programs they sell at the field, but it helps to go in prepared.
Real_Poopypants - I'm not sure if I have the patience, but I'm certainly gonna try again. It's cool as fuck to be able to know almost exactly what happened in a game 10 years after the fact.
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Re: Scoring Baseball [Re: daimyo]
#5512524 - 04/13/06 02:27 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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yeah it is awesome to read some of the names that used to play and to know exactly what happened in a game that you listened to or watched. I have some scoresheets from the early 90s, names like Fielder, Tettleton, Henneman, Trammel, Whittaker... man those were the days. I'm glad to see there are still real baseball fans and they are on the shroomery. In Canada, baseball is next to dead except in the bigger cities. It's pretty sad. My hometown barely even has minor baseball anymore. I think it will come back though. I hope it does...
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Taco Chef
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i always score the game when i go. i'm usually sitting at shea, listening to the game on the radio, face in the program, with a beer by my feet. sometimes i don't even remember to look up at the game.
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