The box score – akin to the “orchestra in a box.”<\/p><\/div>\n

8.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0The box score.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>BBRT editor’s \u00a0mother used to refer to an accordion as \u201can orchestra in a box.\u201d\u00a0 That\u2019s how I view the daily box score \u2013 the symphony of a game recorded in a space one-column wide by four inches deep.\u00a0\u00a0 Some would say the box score reduces the game to statistics, I would say it elevates the game to history.\u00a0 What do you want to know about the contest?\u00a0\u00a0 Who played where, when?\u00a0 At bats, hits, stolen bases, strikeouts, errors, caught stealing, time, attendance, even the umpires\u2019 names?\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s all there and more – so much information, captured for baseball fans in a compact and orderly space.\u00a0 I am, of course, dating myself here, but during baseball season, the morning newspaper, through its box scores, is a treasure trove of information for baseball fans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Box scores – in the morning paper of course (online is a second choice) – are one of the things I love about baseball. \u00a0Now it’s Spring Training and the box scores are back. \u00a0 \u00a0Here’s why I love ’em – my #8 reason in “Why I Love Baseball.” (Click the YILBB link at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11,5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n