The Joy of Keeping Score: How Scoring the Game Has Influenced and Enhanced the History of Baseball
by Paul Dickson
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Author: Paul DicksonEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-03-20
ISBN: 0802715702
Number of pages: 128
Publisher: Walker & Company
Book Reviews of The Joy of Keeping Score: How Scoring the Game Has Influenced and Enhanced the History of Baseball
Book Review: Baseball history as revealed in scorecards: but too short!
Summary: 3 Stars
If you enjoy keeping score when you go to a baseball game then you should read
this book. The book follows the history of baseball scorecards from the 1800's
through the present day by using photographs and reproductions of filled out
scorecards from actual games including the longest minor league game in history,
Don Larsen's perfect game in the World Series, and Babe Ruth's famous "called
shot" game in the 1932 (?) World series. Along the way you will learn various
techniques for filling out your own scorecards and hear some interesting
anecdotes about score keeping (such as the Yankees Phil Rizzuttos "WW" notation
for wasn't watching!). All in all, the book is too short (~100 pages, mostly
pictures) but nicely crafted and packaged. As a die hard scoring fan, I enjoyed
the book and the vintage photos and reproductions, but I was expecting more for
my money.
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