Question regarding score cards

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Hi Eric,
In answer to your original question, it absolutely depends on the collector!
I've always preferred a neatly scored program to a mint, unscored version.
I believe that it adds color to the game through the eyes of the patron that took the time to score it.

BTW, scoring games is absolutely a lost art today. Very few fans even know how to do it, FWIW...

Scott,

Finding the neatly (and correctly...I checked the box score for 5/23/1959) scored program was a great experience. In addition to discovering Hank Aaron's torrid start to the '59 season, I also learned that he was batting third that day, instead of cleanup. Additionally, Warren Spahn was yanked in the fourth inning, and the patron who scored this game from the stands spilled a few drops of mustard on the scorecard.

My wife and I attended a Phillies game a few years back. Not only did we actually follow the action on the field, we filled out the scorecard. The fan sitting next to her literally asked, out loud, "what are you doing?" Lost art, indeed.

Best Regards,

Eric