Fans who listen to headphones and keep score at baseball games

some pple actually do it because with certain types of music it makes it easier to concentrate. For me, when I film, I put headphones on because it makes easier for me to keep a steady hand. Tupac baby.

 

No headphones for me...but keeping score keeps me in the game.

 

How to keep score in baseball

And yes, most of them are listening to the pbp.

 

I don't understand why they would do that. I mean if you take yourself out of the stadium by putting on headphones, you lose the atmosphere that watching a game at the stadium brings. At that point you might as well just watch the broadcast on t.v.

 

I think im going to do this at the Rockets games this year.


Has anyone tried it at Toyota Center? How is the reception?

 

Keeping score?

 

I rather listen to the game and the fans then the radio on my head.

I don't keep score, because there is a HUGE scoreboard.

 

http://www.baseballscorecard.com/kscore.htm

 

keeping score in baseball is more than just the runs on the board.

 

So basically it is like a play-by-play analysis?

 

Kinda...I guess. I'm surprised it's so foreign to you guys. I kept score all year long for my son's little league team.

 

Bartman?

 

nothing wrong with keeping score....the headphones though, never understood it. nothing like being there in person to hear the crack of the bat.

 

If done right, you can reconstruct the entire sequence of events from the scorecard. You can't do that from a scoreboard or a box score.

 

My job requires me to keep track of every pitch at Astros home games...I will never keep score for free again.

 

what about those who bring books to read, like jennifer garner?

 

i enjoy keeping score.. but i don't do it unless i go alone or with someone who is also doing it. otherwise, i'd rather interact w/the ppl i'm with. and have some beers with them!

headphones, not for me.. but i'm thinking if you're keeping score, it can sometimes help you if you miss a play or aren't sure what happened, how something was scored, etc... not to mention the occasions when you wonder why a guy left the game (like when Oswalt left the Nats game out here! I had to call a friend and ask..)

 

If they ere used to watching games on TV with commentators, maybe a live game without commentators just seems more "empty" to them.

Plus if you're at the game alone and care what people think, headphones and scorecards help you look occupied rather than looking like a lonely guy with nothing to do. Instead of the stereotypical "baseball is boring without beer" approach.