We went to the Brewer game last night with Jackson’s Cub Scout pack, and as usual, I brought along one of our scoring books. We have two books, one of which we take to every pro baseball game we see. The two books have been to 30 combined games in three cities and three ballparks (Miller Park, Yankee Stadium, and Wrigley Field). We even scored a Class A game at Miller Park with some guys named Weeks, Fielder and Gwynn.
My dad would keep score from time to time when we went to County Stadium. I began doing it myself. Jackson learned to score when he was four. I try to teach anybody who will learn. I think out two books have been written in by about ten different people.
Last night was Ilsa’s first time scoring. She mostly wrote in the book what, where and when I told her to. She did a job befitting of her fastidious personality. She doesn’t know a strikeout (K) from an SS-2B-1B double play (4-6-3), but that’s OK. At least she paid attention to the game.
