Our blogging buds over at the Eephus League have developed a Kickstarter project to fund the Baseball Scorebook Revival Project. In an earlier post I noted how gorgeous these scorebooks were and I maintain my stance. Take a look at the slick promotional shots. Lot’s of attention to detail here. I can’t think of a better way to revive a dying art.
Baseball has always been obsessed with record keeping. The habit of taking score during a baseball game has existed since the beginnings of the sport; in its heyday it was nearly mandatory. Scorekeeping boils down the events on the field in an abstract manner, and there is no universal method. You can look at 10 different scoresheets and find 10 different ways of recording the same information. Scorekeeping is a fascinating art that has died out to all but the most rabid of baseball fans. I want to change that.
Really, I encourage you to head on over to Kickstarter and browse the campaign page.
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benzado reblogged this from chitwoodandhobbs and added:
complicated history with baseball and recordkeeping (it’s more long than complicated) and I’ll gladly tell you about it...
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It has, sadly, been years since...baseball game. That unfortunate streak ends this April.
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