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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
If you want to learn to keep score, don't buy this one., May 2, 2002
Unfortunately, I purchased this book looking for detailed instructions on how to keep score. While there is a section for this, it's very brief and did not suit my needs. 4 stars however, for the informative history of scorekeeping. Very interesting and entertaining to read.
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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
Fun, a nice read, buy it! But, it's lacking in areas., April 11, 1998
Don't expect this book to teach you how to score games. The book lacks a full-size sample scorecard to use, which I would have liked. It doesn't go into enough detail about scoring; being a beginner I was flummoxed attempting to score double-switches, bunts and teams batting around in an inning. It will get you going, but if you're like me and don't know how to score a game yet, you'll be looking for more. That aside, the anecdotes and illustrations make this a fun book to read. The subtitle "How Scoring the Game Influenced and Enhanced the History of Baseball" is an accurate description of the gist of the book. It's less of a how-to and more of a why-to.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Comprehensive and Fun, July 10, 2005
Author Paul Dickson's love of baseball flows from every page of this delightful little book. It's not a how-to book, but rather an appreciation of the art form of scoring a baseball game. It includes a comprehesive list of abbreviations used in scoring, many anecdotes, and photos of scorecards from famous games.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
a nice bit of ephemera, February 21, 2002
I agree with the reviews already written. This is a nice book and reasonably priced, but not fully satisfying. It is an outline for an outstanding book, but it is not itself outstanding. Use it as a mid-winter meditation on the game or lend it to friends who don't understand why you bring pencil and paper to the ballpark.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
The evolution of baseball scoring, August 25, 2000
... I bought this book when I became my son's youth leagueasst. coach/scorekeeper. The advice that scorekeeping can become individualized to suit the needs of the scorekeeper and team led me to incorporate several techniques and created what I think was more interesting and revealing portrait a game on the page. This book reveals the many ways of keeping score and the true reason for the existence, to recreate the game on paper. The author offers baseball history and many interesting and funny anecdotes (LL Bean devised a scorekeeping method). Well illustrated, a must for all baseball fans.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Informative and fun, a easy read gem you must have, October 9, 2005
I found this book while looking for an informative reference on how to score the game. I looked at two other titles and chose this one because it contained the information I was seeking and loads of extra "fun facts" regarding the history of the game. It is a fun read and I think you will find this a "gem" of a book. This would make a great present to any youngsters who start an interest in baseball.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
More Interesting Than Informative, July 11, 2005
This book contains an excellent history of scorekeeping (and thus lives up to its subtitle). As a fan of baseball history, I appreciated it for that. It was also a quick read, and I read it all in less than an afternoon. I recommend it if you are interested in the history of scoring.
It was lacking, however, in the "how-to" department. I was just learning to score games. I had been using the guide contained in baseball programs and was looking for a little more depth. This book did provide a little more depth, but not a great deal. It contains information about marking plays, but does not go in to a lot of detail about the rules (which are essential to being a good scorekeeper). I did find it helpful to learn that not all scorers mark their card identically because as I developed some of my own techniques, I didn't feel like I was doing a disservice to the history of the game.
It is a good starting point for the beginning scorer and an excellent reference on scoring background; but if you have scored a few and are looking to get more complex, you may want to pass on this.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
The history is well-researched, but a few errors appear., March 21, 1999
An excellent source for those interested in the history of scoring and famous incidents involving scorers. Unfortunately, several errors relating to the scoring rules appear. Intended more for those who already know how to score than those who are trying to learn.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Nice book for those who already know how to score, July 27, 2000
I bought this book for help me keeping score, but really I don't feel I learned all that much. The best thing about the book is that it goes into the history of keeping score. Overall I wouldn't recommend this book.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
This book is one of a kind., February 20, 1998
This book is the only one I have found that describes in detail the technical aspects of baseball scorekeeping. It describes, as well as illustrates graphically, the main systems in use today in various parts of the U.S. It also gives tips on which systems work better in terms of accuracy while maintaining sufficient speed, which can be very important in a real game because things happen very quickly.
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