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Scorecards enhance experience
Have you ever been to a baseball game and remember just how much of the game you paid close attention to? It's probably not very much.
I recently went to a Kansas City Royals game — one that the team predictably lost — with my father. We have a tradition where we both keep a scorecard throughout the game. It adds to the ongoing conversation about the game and fuels continued debates. It keeps us both involved in the game and aids in building a bond through the sport. His dad taught him all the intricacies of keeping score and he taught me; I hope to pass that along to my children some day.
However, I've noticed that fewer and fewer people actually take the time to learn how to keep score at a baseball game. The lack of scorekeeping is a lost opportunity for family bonding during a sporting event that lends itself to conversation. The declining interest in baseball is the product of several problems.
It is hard to say baseball is America's pastime while keeping a straight face. It's not nearly as popular as football, and the brains behind the operations haven't helped themselves.
Following the labor strike, baseball was buoyed by the home run race between Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire in 1998. But that was all thrown away once the use rampant use of steroids in baseball came to light.
Since then, baseball has fallen into a definite rut, and the powers that-be have come up with poor measures to remedy that. Despite the excitement in the Kansas City area due to the upcoming All-Star Game, the idea that an All-Star game should
determine home field advantage in the World Series is just a bad idea. If people got back to the grass roots and did something simple like keep score at a game, it would enhance their appreciation of baseball. It drives spectators to pay closer attention to the game. Technology has made keeping score almost archaic, a fact that's obvious when looking for a scorecard at Kauffman Stadium; you can't find them anywhere. People need to put down the iPhones and pick up a scorecard, a pencil and enjoy the atmosphere and great baseball even if some of the "great" is lacking in Kansas City.
Billy McCroy is a senior in economics from Des Moines, Iowa.
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