An example scorecard might look like this:
1 2 3 4 5 6 ...
-----------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
| | | | | | |
Damon CF | 6-3 *| | | | | |
-----------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
| F9 *| | | | | |
Tejada SS | | | | | | |
-----------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
| | | | | | |
Ja. Giambi 1B | / BB| | | | | |
-----------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
| K * | | | | | |
Dye RF | | | | | | |
-----------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
| | /\ HR| | | | |
Chavez 3B | | \/ 1 | | | | |
-----------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
| | | | | | |
Je. Giambi DH | | F7 * | | | | |
-----------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
| | | | | | |
Long LF | | / BB| | | | |
-----------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
| | 6-4-3 | | | | |
Hernandez C | | DP ** | | | | |
-----------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
| | | ... | | | |
Menechino 2B | | | | | | |
-----------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|In the first
inning,
Johnny Damon hit a ground ball to the
shortstop (6), who fielded it to the
first baseman (3) for the out (I like to use
dots to denote outs, so you can tell at a glance how many outs there are). After
Tejada hits a fly out to right field (9),
Jason Giambi draws a walk (BB) and reaches first, only to have
Dye strike out to end the inning. After the
opponents' half of the inning (not pictured), we move into the "2" column, picking up at the next
batter.
Chavez hits a leadoff
home run; I write a circled "1" (since it's their first run) to indicate a run scored. Afterwards,
Jeremy Giambi flies out to left field (7),
Long walks, and
Hernandez hits into a
double play--shortstop to second to first--to end the
A's half of the inning.
Keeping score is fun, if you like paying attention of the game, and you can wow
passers-by by being able to tell them instantly how many
Ks Mulder has. Try it!