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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Know what I like? When a home run lands in the stands, and the fans there quiver like winter wheat, just as wiggly spectators did back in Babe Ruth’s day. Know what else I like? The way the vendor ...

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 ...