Guest Scoresheet #3: Mark Davey, MIL @ MIN 5/22/2009

Scorer: Mark Davey
Website: BaseballBingo.org
Game: MIL @ MIN, 5/22/2009

Mr. Davey sent me the first five innings of a scoresheet using his linear scorecard, a download and full description of which you can find at his website. The linear scorecard is inspired by Alex Reisner's plain-paper system, allowing one to keep a Project Scoresheet account of the game on a very simple form. Since it is based on the Project Scoresheet system, scoring is completely linear with no backtracking. Mark's form allows one to keep a game in the plain-paper style while still having a pre-printed form to use.

Guest Scoresheet #2: Daniel Wind, All-Star Game, 7/14/2009

Scorer: Daniel Wind
Game: All-Star Game, 7/14/2009
Scorecard source: Baseball Scorecard

Here is Daniel's description of his scorecards:

"My own particular quirk is that I usually bring two pens to a game, to match each team's colors (as much as you really can out of a pack of five pens). I realize this is insane, but it makes the cards look a lot nicer. And since this particular game was probably the only chance I'd ever get to see an All-Star Game in person, I figured I might as well go all out and match the colors to the teams of each individual player. (My one disappointment was that Andrew Bailey didn't get into the game--brought my green pen for nothing.)"

Guest Scoresheet #1: David Solomon, MIL @ STL 10/2/2009

Scorer: David Solomon
Website(s): Twitter @solomonsside, ktrs.com
Game: MIL @ STL, 10/2/2009

The first guest submission comes from David Solomon of KTRS in St. Louis. David kept this sheet from the press box and actually entered the scoring directly into Excel, which he experimented with for the last few games of the season. (Previously, he printed the sheet and scored on paper).

I Want Your Scoresheets

I realize that no one visits this site, but in case anyone is out there and reads this, I would like to appeal to you to send me one of your scoresheets. This site is currently all about my scorekeeping, and I'd like to expand its horizon a little bit to showcase other people's scoring.

Don't worry about your scoresheet not being good enough or interesting enough or unique enough or whatever other excuse you might offer to be shy. There's no such thing as a wrong way to keep score, and I'd like this site to help display the myriad of ways in which baseball fans record the game.

All I ask is that the file be around 500 KB or smaller, in GIF, BMP, or JPG format, and that you also write a little bit about it (if it's larger, I might edit it a little to make it more manageable). It can be as little as a sentence or as long as a page or two. You can write about your method of keeping score, scorekeeping in general, your memory of the game in question--anything you like. Also, if you kept the game on a commercial scoresheet, please give the name of the company/designer so that they can get a little bit of a plug (and hopefully not send me cease and desist letters). If you have your own designed sheet that you'd like to offer for others to download, I'd be happy to post it on my Tripod scoresheets site. If you have your own baseball blog or website or Twitter feed that you'd like to share, by all means, include the link.

I don't expect anyone to actually take me up on this, but I had to try. There's a dearth of scorekeeping information on the internet--the sites I link in the sidebar form a fairly comprehensive list. I'd like to make this site a place for the diversity of scoring systems and forms to be on display, and it can't be that as long as it's just my own sheets. Email me (weeklyscoresheet AT gmail dot com) if you'd like to share.

#59---DET @ CLE, 7/26/1999

I chose this scoresheet because it features Dave Burba, who is an OSU product. On this day he allowed three runs in 6 2/3 innings, striking out six and walking none, as the Indians beat the Tigers 6-3. Manny Ramirez left the game in the bottom of the third after being hit by a pitch.