With the aim of providing anyone interested in baseball scorekeeping everything he or she needs to perform the task, this book contains a thorough and comprehensive manual on keeping a scorecard, together with a detailed analysis of each of the numerous, and often complex, official rules governing scorekeeping in baseball (many of which were revised or modified in 2007), as well as scorekeeping issues outside of MLB's rulebook. Myriad examples are given (many drawn from significant and well-known major league games throughout the history of baseball as well as a number of examples drawn from popular culture) of how baseball's scorekeeping rules are applied and dealt with in both routine situations as well as the most difficult and convoluted scenarios. Revised and updated to reflect recent changes to the MLB rulebook, this book is very readable and perfectly accessible to a broad audience.
About the AuthorWyckoff, New Jersey, USA attorney
Andres Wirkmaa is a retired baseball coach, has served as official scorekeeper for amateur baseball leagues, has been featured on the radio and in MLB articles as a scorekeeping expert, and is a member of SABR.
Reviews"a handy reference...an invaluable tool. This is the best how to book about scoring that I have seen"-
SABR-AZ.
Book InformationISBN 9781476663890
Author Andres WirkmaaFormat Paperback
Page Count 264
Imprint McFarland & Co IncPublisher McFarland & Co Inc
Weight(grams) 358g