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Highlights
- Many fans enjoy keeping track of baseball action with easy abbreviations written on simple grids.
- About the Author: Wyckoff, New Jersey, attorney Andres Wirkmaa is a retired baseball coach, has served as official scorekeeper for amateur baseball leagues, has been featured on the radio and in MLB articles as a scorekeeping expert, and is a member of SABR.
- 278 Pages
- Sports + Recreation, Baseball
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Book Synopsis
Many fans enjoy keeping track of baseball action with easy abbreviations written on simple grids. Serious scorekeeping, however, is more complicated than just jotting down runs, outs, and the final score. Official scorekeeping requires a thorough knowledge of a large body of rules--many of which are confusing, and all of which must be followed carefully to ensure that the scorekeeper's data are valid.
With confidence and enthusiasm, Andres Wirkmaa leads the reader through the daunting maze of rules that govern official scorekeeping. Chapters explain and clarify the official scorer's duties, responsibilities and authority; the official scorer's reports; and all the game-to-game details such as player listings, substitute batters and runners, out-of-turn batters, called and forfeited games, runs batted in, base hits, stolen bases, sacrifices, putouts, assists, double and triple plays, errors (and instances when errors are not charged), wild pitches and passed balls, bases on balls, strikeouts, earned runs, winning and losing pitchers, and saves. Also covered are statistics, percentage records, minimum standards for individual championships, and consecutive hitting and playing streaks.
Review Quotes
"gives it to you in detail...a good index...tremendous depth...a lot of material here"-The SABR Bookshelf; "a marvelous book"-Baseball Digest; "every single scoring rule explaining how it works and should be interpreted...very complete...excellent"-Louisiana History; "excellent"-Sports Journal; "detailed...leads baseball fans through the maze of rules that govern official scorekeeping"-The Hoboken Reporter; "interesting and informative...thorough and meticulous...wonderful book to "dip into"...just for fun...when questions about scoring come up, you will find the answers here"-Newark Bears Fan.
About the Author
Wyckoff, New Jersey, attorney Andres Wirkmaa is a retired baseball coach, has served as official scorekeeper for amateur baseball leagues, has been featured on the radio and in MLB articles as a scorekeeping expert, and is a member of SABR.