There are two kinds of people who attend baseball games—those of use who dutifully record each and every play on our scorecard, and philistines. You can probably guess which side of the divide I fall ...

The baseball season has reached its midway point, so it's time once again for one of the history-minded sport's traditional rites of passage. Not the All-Star Game, which celebrates its 80th ...

One of the things I enjoy about watching and covering baseball is the opportunity to score a game. No other sport can intertwine focusing on the action on the field and chronicling it on a piece of ...

Mobile scorekeeping applications are challenging the traditional scorebooks that have long been used by local baseball coaches to log games, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. "There's no ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Alex Marmur sat in his seat at Oracle Park, gazing up at one of the most elaborate stadium scoreboards in the Major Leagues. Yet, he still was missing something. “I’d go to these games ...

Tom Hanks arrived at the Los Angeles Dodgers' Opening Day game last year with a notebook and pen in hand, ready to keep score. The next day, he one-upped himself, noting Shohei Ohtani at-bats with a ...

Back in the spring, I devoted more words than anyone ever needed or wanted to read on the subject of baseball scorekeeping apps for the iPhone. That round-up included iScore Baseball Scorekeeper, a ...

DOVER-FOXCROFT — It’s a tradition for the youngest of baseball fans that has spanned the history of the sport, sitting by a radio or television keeping score of games involving their favorite teams.

The statistical revolution in baseball has changed the way the sport is played. Now, if graphic designer Bethany Heck has her way, it will revive the art of spectator score keeping as well. The ...

Well, here’s what you’re up against when you set out to explain baseball scorekeeping to someone who’s never done it before: “K” stands for “struck.” How’s that for the first lesson? Strikeouts are ...