Breaking news has moved to Twitter (and so have I for the most part), print paper is dying, so they say, and well, scoring baseball games is headed in that direction as well. Forget the bulky scorebooks… Electronics is where it’s at in this brave new ADHD connected world! And even better if your “scorebook” fits in your pocket. If you remember, I tried scoring on my laptop ages ago using Perl. That pretty much turned into a failed experiment, but did provide much of the basis for my somewhat cumbersome paper method I still use because it makes captioning photos quick and easy and the flow of the game easier for my brain to process. From Perl, I moved on to trying out the Palm ScorePad application on my ancient Palm VII (which, really, I had no use for other than that). Since serial sync connections are hard to come by these days, that experiment pretty much ended when I changed jobs and went all Mac. Since then, I’ve been on the hunt for another pocket-sized electronic scoring system. I couldn’t believe there was no app for the iPhone and eventually gave up searching for one. But of course, my travails have been well documented publicly and @kevin_reiss clued me into the iScore application, so I immediately paid my $5 and downloaded it.
There are some pros and cons to it, particularly in comparison to ScorePad. I had bought the MLB subscription with ScorePad so all roster updates were automatically downloaded. I did not need to input each team’s roster manually. It also had a desktop app component, whereas iScore obviously does not. So entering rosters is kind of a PITA – everyone on the 25 man needs to be entered, and of course, by typing into the iPhone. The screens are actually pretty quick and easy, but must be done hours before a new series begins. My first attempt at scoring, I ran into a bug where all the uniform numbers and positions disappeared, but this last game went smoothly. I also didn’t do replacements properly (pinch hitters, relievers), so my scoresheet looked rather wacky at the end. I highly suggest watching the training videos on YouTube if you get it.
So I totally screwed up the first game I scored. But hey, I paid a hard-earned five buckaroos for this app, and by golly, I’m going to make it work. After studiously watching the training videos, I tried tonight’s (win) game against the Reds and this time, all went rather smoothly. Well, except I cribbed a bunch of plays of Yahoo! Sports’ play-by-play since I missed many plays between the commute home and work. The PBP doesn’t actually give fielders who completed plays, so I guessed on some of the plays. Once a game is complete, you can then email the stats and scoresheet to yourself (or whoever you feel like spamming). Stats are HTML formatted with a PDF scoresheet and Excel spreadsheet of the stats attached. Sweet! The output is beyond the jump.
It also gives you a pitch track screen where you can track where each pitch went in (or out of) the strike zone. I didn’t really use that this game and probably won’t since my hands are tied up enough with the camera.
I apologize because these stats are going to run over the sidebars, but you’ll get the idea.
Download: Scoresheet 061109
6/11/09 Cincinnati Reds at Washington Nationals
| Team |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
R |
H |
E |
| Cincinnati Reds |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
| Washington Nationals |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
3 |
9 |
1 |
VISITING TEAM:
| Cincinnati Reds – Batting |
| PLAYER |
G |
PA |
AB |
R |
H |
B |
1B |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
Kc |
Ks |
SO |
HBP |
SB |
SCB |
SF |
SAC |
RPA |
OBP |
SLG |
OPS |
AVG |
| Jerry Hairston Jr |
1 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.250 |
0.250 |
0.500 |
0.250 |
| Willy Taveras |
1 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.250 |
0.250 |
0.500 |
0.250 |
| Brandon Phillips |
1 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.500 |
0.333 |
0.833 |
0.333 |
| Jonny Gomes |
1 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.250 |
0.500 |
0.000 |
0.500 |
0.000 |
| Ramon Hernandez |
1 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.250 |
0.000 |
0.250 |
0.000 |
| Jay Bruce |
1 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
| Alex Gonzalez |
1 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.500 |
0.500 |
0.500 |
1.000 |
0.500 |
| Adam Rosales |
1 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.250 |
0.250 |
0.250 |
0.500 |
0.250 |
| Micah Owings |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
| Bronson Arroyo |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
| Jared Burton |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
| Francisco Cordero |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
| Johnny Cueto |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
| Carlos Fisher |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
| Aaron Harang |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
| Nick Masset |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
| Daniel Ray Herrera |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
| Mike Lincoln |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
| Matt Maloney |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
| Arthur Rhodes |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
| David Weathers |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
| Ryan Hanigan |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
| Paul Janish |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
| Chris Dickerson |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
| Laynce Nix |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
| TOTALS |
1 |
35 |
31 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.114 |
0.286 |
0.194 |
0.479 |
0.194 |
| Cincinnati Reds – Pitching |
| PLAYER |
G |
IP |
BF |
Balls |
Strikes |
PIT |
R |
RA |
ER |
ERA |
ERG |
K |
H |
BB |
IBB |
K/BB |
HB |
BK |
WP |
HR |
WHIP |
OBP |
BAA |
| Micah Owings |
1 |
5.33 |
26 |
18 |
28 |
46 |
1 |
0.19 |
1 |
1.69 |
1.69 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
1.00 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.500 |
0.385 |
0.200 |
| Jared Burton |
1 |
0.67 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0.00 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.500 |
0.333 |
0.333 |
| Carlos Fisher |
1 |
1.00 |
6 |
8 |
6 |
14 |
1 |
1.00 |
1 |
9.00 |
9.00 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0.50 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3.000 |
0.500 |
0.250 |
| Nick Masset |
1 |
0.67 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0.00 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.500 |
0.333 |
0.333 |
| Daniel Ray Herrera |
1 |
0.33 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
3.00 |
1 |
27.00 |
27.00 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6.000 |
0.667 |
0.667 |
HOME TEAM:
| Washington Nationals – Batting |
| PLAYER |
G |
PA |
AB |
R |
H |
B |
1B |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
Kc |
Ks |
SO |
HBP |
SB |
SCB |
SF |
SAC |
RPA |
OBP |
SLG |
OPS |
AVG |
| Cristian Guzman |
1 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.400 |
0.200 |
0.200 |
0.400 |
0.200 |
| Alberto Gonzalez |
1 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.600 |
0.333 |
0.933 |
0.333 |
| Ryan Zimmerman |
1 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.200 |
0.400 |
0.000 |
0.400 |
0.000 |
| Adam Dunn |
1 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.400 |
0.250 |
0.650 |
0.250 |
| Elijah Dukes |
1 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
| Josh Willingham |
1 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.250 |
0.750 |
0.667 |
1.417 |
0.667 |
| Austin Kearns |
1 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.250 |
0.000 |
0.250 |
0.000 |
| Wil Nieves |
1 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.667 |
0.500 |
1.167 |
0.500 |
| John Lannan |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
| Joe Beimel |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
| Jason Bergmann |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
| Jesus Colome |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
| Ross Detwiler |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
| Joel Hanrahan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
| Mike MacDougal |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
| Shairon Martis |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
| Craig Stammen |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
| Julian Tavarez |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
| Ron Villone |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
| Jordan Zimmermann |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
| Josh Bard |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
| Ronnie Belliard |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
| Anderson Hernandez |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
1.000 |
1.000 |
2.000 |
1.000 |
| Nick Johnson |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
1.000 |
1.000 |
2.000 |
1.000 |
| Willie Harris |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
1.000 |
1.000 |
2.000 |
1.000 |
| TOTALS |
1 |
41 |
33 |
3 |
9 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.122 |
0.415 |
0.273 |
0.687 |
0.273 |
| Washington Nationals – Pitching |
| PLAYER |
G |
IP |
BF |
Balls |
Strikes |
PIT |
R |
RA |
ER |
ERA |
ERG |
K |
H |
BB |
IBB |
K/BB |
HB |
BK |
WP |
HR |
WHIP |
OBP |
BAA |
| John Lannan |
1 |
6.00 |
25 |
12 |
27 |
39 |
2 |
0.33 |
2 |
3.00 |
3.00 |
2 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
1.00 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1.333 |
0.360 |
0.273 |
| Joe Beimel |
1 |
1.00 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0.00 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
| Julian Tavarez |
1 |
2.00 |
7 |
4 |
10 |
14 |
0 |
0.00 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2.00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.500 |
0.143 |
0.000 |
| BATTING LEGEND: |
| G |
- Games |
| PA |
- Plate Appearances |
| AB |
- At Bats |
| R |
- Runs |
| H |
- Hits (all) |
| B |
- Bunts |
|
|
| 1B |
- Singles |
| 2B |
- Doubles |
| 3B |
- Triples |
| HR |
- Homeruns |
| RBI |
|
| BB |
- Walks |
|
|
| Kc |
- Strikeout looking |
| Ks |
- Strikeout swinging |
| SO |
- Total Strikeouts |
| HBP |
- Hit By Pitch |
| SB |
- Stolen Bases |
| SCB |
- Sacrifice Bunts |
|
|
| SF |
- Sacrifice Flies |
| SAC |
- Total Sacrifices |
| RPA |
- Runs Per At Bat |
| OBP |
- On Base Percentage |
| SLG |
- Slugging Average |
| OPS |
- On Base + Slugging |
| AVG |
- Batting Average |
|
| PITCHING LEGEND: |
| G |
- Games |
| IP |
- Innings Pitched |
| BF |
- Batters Faced |
| Balls |
- # of Balls |
| Strikes |
- # of Strikes |
| PIT |
- Total Pitches |
| R |
- Runs allowed |
|
|
| RA |
- Run Avg/Inning |
| ER |
Earned Runs |
| ERA |
Earned Run Avg |
| K |
Strikeouts |
| H |
Hits allowed |
| BB |
Walks allowed |
| IBB |
Intentional walks |
|
|
| K/BB |
Strikeouts / Walks |
| HB |
Hit Batters |
| BK |
Balks |
| WP |
Wild Pitches |
| HR |
Homeruns |
| WHIP |
Walks+Hits per Inning |
| OBP |
On Base Percentage |
| BAA |
Batting Avg Against |
|
|
My enhancement requests – ability to download MLB rosters – I realize something needs to be worked out with MLBAM for that (or someone). Also, for my uses, it’d be nice to be able to flag particular plays as notable so they come out highlighted in the scoresheet somehow (whole square highlighted or something). Even better if users could annotate things in the game. Other than that, I’m pretty happy with it so far! We’ll see how it goes with a live game in person on June 19th.
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I found out about this one a couple weeks ago and didn’t think to forward the link! I can’t wait to score a game!
sweet!
By buying this app and using it to score a game, you are basically manually entering in all the data that the MLB At Bat app already provides in its Gameday, Box Score and Summary screens. In other words, for five bucks more you can carry your iPhone into the ballpark and use it to look up everything you’d have to enter into the phone to score the game electronically. So, really, what’s the point?
ABM, is there anything you do like? ;-)
Some people (like me) really like to score for themselves. For me, it’s how I keep my head in the game. I also like captioning photos off my own scoring – it’s harder to follow a PBP online and flip between that and my editing screen.
I do have the MLB At Bat app too – I pretty much only use it for the audio feed and keeping up if I’m not near a tv or radio.
I’m not saying there’s no point to keeping score. I do it myself. It just seems rather convoluted to replace a pen-and-paper solution with something that involves you having to re-enter data into an iPhone when it’s already in there in the first place. Sort of like taking a pre-printed filled-out scorecard and copying it by hand onto a new sheet of paper.
Keeping score on paper is an experience loaded with tactile satisfaction and old-timey charm. Keeping score on an iPhone with this app sounds like data entry. And I wouldn’t do data entry with my thumbs even if I was getting paid for it!
Ah, thanks for elaborating. I’m just a total gadget geek and really trying it out to see if there’s any benefit. I already carry a bunch of stuff to a game, so if I can reduce that without losing functionality, I’ll be happy. Plus, juggling the camera and scorebook is awkward. But I still want to score…
I fear it will be a fad because I tend to write a lot of notes on the edge of my scoresheets and there’s no way to do it in the app.
Stay tuned… there’s another iPhone app coming that is a little more scorecard-like (including marking spectacular plays and the equivalent of scribbling notes in the margin!) and also handles substitutions differently.
@ABM: While your Gameday comment is true for the Nats and other MLB teams, wouldn’t it be cool to get the same output from a Little League or rec league softball game?
Oh fantastic – can’t wait! Another feature request would be shortcuts for scoring plays (like 63 means ground out to short, etc.)!
Good catch — the 63 shortcut is already there! (Hit location à la iScore Baseball is a user-controlled setting, and even when turned on is optional to enter.)
It looks like ScorePAD itself is coming to the iPhone — though from the screenshots it doesn’t seem as “iPhone-like” as ours.
iScorebooK – did you know the play by play (pitch by pitch option from game manager) is buggy? :-) I scored last night’s game live while photographing and it went great and definitely faster and less cumbersome than paper. Then I tried to use the PBP to caption photos. It showed the leadoff batter batted twice in a row to begin the game. Substitutions just said “substitution” but didn’t say who was subbed. Pinch hitters always showed up as the starting pitcher (but the scoresheet emailed looks normal and has the right subs). It’d also be nice if you could click a play and see where the hit went like the live batter view while scoring (feature request!). But great great product and definitely worth the money!
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