Keeping score

Position Chart

Do you "keep the book" at your child's baseball or softball games?  Have you ever wanted to, but didn't know how to keep score of a baseball game.  It's not that hard once you get the hang of it.  

At the beginning of most scorebooks they have instructions for keeping score.  Numbers are used for all the positions to make it easier to keep track of everything.  Familiarize yourself with the terms used at a site like Sunset Park Little League Guide to Scorekeeping.  

Some leagues for younger kids will keep a much simpler book.  They will simply record if someone got out or reached base.  Then they will darken the line around the bases as they advance.  Filling in the diamond shows that a run has scored.  This basic amount is usually the minimum required by leagues to make sure the score is right. 

If you have an IPhone, Blackberry or Android phone you can get an app to score the game with.  iScore and GameChanger are two of the apps available to do this.  Once you have a scorebook or a smartphone app, watch some games on tv and practice what you have learned.