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Baseball digital scoring

I saw an offhand remark about scoring a baseball game with an iPad. I've tried this before, but it didn't work for me - likely because of the scorecard template I was using.

But given that I'm in the mindset of trying new things, I thought I would quickly give it a try again. So with a Frontier League game on TV, I started with the top of the 3rd and scored a couple innings (though I believe I started marking the home team in the bottom 4th in error).

Results: A baseball score card featuring a full roster of 9 players. Only 2 innings are filled in. A baseball score card featuring a full lineup of 9 players. Only 2 innings are filled in.

Overall, it worked okay. These are the score cards I use when I do it with pencil and clipboard lately. The cyan colour is hard to read on a digital screen at first, but when printed on paper it's perfect. Pencil markings pop from the page as well.

At first, because I find the cyan too bright on a digital screen, I didn't think it was going to work. On a second glance though, as more information is filled in, it works very well - as I mentioned the pencil pops off the page. I downloaded the grey version and it's just far too dark to be of much use.

On the negative side: I think the nib of the Apple Pencil is too thick. It's easier for me to use a real pencil to fill in small squares, but I found I have to be very deliberate when marking on the iPad. Still, it wasn't impossible, it's just a tad slower.

I think I would have to score a full game to make a full determination. For scoring at a ballgame in person I would stick with the clipboard. At home though, digital is a good option.

I appreciate that I can still export the cards as images or PDFs that I can print out for when I eventually bind together all my scorecards.

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