Baseball Jobs
Official Scorer
All Baseball History Starts
in the Scorer's Book
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The art of recording a game by writing . . .
. . . letters, numbers and squiggly lines in boxes. . .
Boxes represent innings
Letters: K = strikeout, L = Lineout, F = Foul Out
Numbers: 1 = pitcher, 3 = 1st baseman, and so on
Squiggly lines display player's progress around bases
Info is transcribed onto a scorecard!
Job is too laborious for most fans today
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