ABOUT
This website |
Forum |
Blog
THE GBBSA
Scoring in Britain
IBAF scoring modules
Why to register |
How to register
A3 scoresheet |
A4 scoresheet
International scorers list
All content © 2009
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The archives for domestic baseball and national teams that are held on this website
are part of Project Cobb (the Project for the Chronicling of British Baseball).
To learn more about Project Cobb, click on the logo to the left.
Project Cobb hosts the British Baseball Hall of Fame.
Click on the logo to the left to go to the official webpage.
Click on the logo to the left to go to the Project Cobb Twitter page for GBBSA updates.
BaseballGB, the British baseball blog site, made February 2009 the month of keeping score.
To view a list of all the features click on the logo to the left.
This website
This is the website of the Great Britain Baseball Scorers Association (GBBSA). It holds the official archives for the Great Britain Seniors and Juniors as well as official National Baseball League statistics, all of which are maintained by Joe Gray. To navigate the site, use the menu bar above; the black boxes are external links. The site was created using Microsoft Notepad.
Forum
The GBBSA blog, which can be accessed through the link on the menu bar above, is available to registered scorers. On the forum you can post questions and discuss scoring topics. For details of how to get access, send an email to the address shown at the right of the menu bar above.
Blog
The GBBSA blog, which can be accessed through the link on the menu bar above, is hosted as a category on BaseballGB. The blog contains, among other things, reviews of scoring books, posts on scoring incidents in the Major Leagues, articles on domestic stats, and a weekly scoring quiz called "You Are the Scorer" (a new question appears every Friday at noon; click on the image below to see all of the posts). Anyone can post replies, but the first reply will be subject to approval of the site.
Scoring in Britain
The GBBSA is the official national scoring body recognized by the British Baseball Federation. Clive Maude oversees scoring activities for northern and Scottish teams and Joe Gray fills the same role for southern teams. It is ultimately up to each individual scorer to choose which scoring method he or she will use, but the GBBSA strongly recommends the system described in the International Baseball Federation Scoring Manual, which can be downloaded as a five-chapter manual below (last revised in 2008).
IBAF scoring modules
To complement the full International Baseball Federation Scoring Manual, which is available to download in individual chapters above, the GBBSA website is home to a series of modules to help anyone who is interested in learning to score using the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) method.
To run the modules properly you will need either PowerPoint 2007 or PowerPoint Viewer. The latter application is free to download from the Microsoft website: an older, smaller version is available until 16 October 2009 and can be downloaded here, while a newer, larger version is available here.
If the module does not open up in slide-show mode (you will know if it hasn't from the PowerPoint menu being visible at the top) then press the F5 button on your keyboard to start the module.
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Name of module
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Date published
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Download
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Introduction
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23 February 2009
(updated 9 June 2009)
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Right click, choose save, and then open
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2
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Sacrifice flies
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23 February 2009
(updated 9 June 2009)
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Right click, choose save, and then open
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3
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Advancing on the throw
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6 April 2009
(updated 9 June 2009)
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Right click, choose save, and then open
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4
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Sacrifice hits
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9 June 2009
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Right click, choose save, and then open
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5
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Grounding into a double play
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9 June 2009
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Right click, choose save, and then open
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6
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The pick-off
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9 June 2009
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Right click, choose save, and then open
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Why to register
Registering as a scorer with the GBBSA is free, and there are some very good reasons to do so.
- You will be sent a regular scorers bulletin, which will keep you up to date with scoring news in Britain.
- You will gain access to the GBBSA forum, where you can post questions and discuss scoring topics.
- You will receive information on scoring clinics and other training opportunities.
How to register
Registering with the GBBSA is simple. Just send an email to the address shown at the right of the menu bar above, stating your name, your level of scoring, and your club if you already score or your region if you do not.
A3 scoresheet
The 9-inning A3 scoresheet is a slightly modified version of the standard Confederation of European Baseball scoresheet and it is designed for use with the scoring system detailed in the International Baseball Federation Scoring Manual.
Download the A3 scoresheet as an Excel file through the link below.
A4 scoresheet
The A4 scoresheet was specially designed for the GBBSA and it is suitable for 7-inning games, which are a feature of the National Baseball League. It is intended for use with the International Baseball Federation system and also includes a set of boxes at the bottom of the column for each inning to record pitch counts, as well as spaces to keep track of balls and strikes during each plate appearance. The scoresheet should be used in combination with a game sheet, and a stats sheet has also been designed. To obtain guidance on how to get the most out of the scoresheet, send an email to the address shown at the right of the menu bar above.
Download the A4 scoresheet, game sheet, and stats sheet as PDFs through the links below.
International scorers list
Below are the names of scorers from Great Britain who are on the international list.
- Joe Gray
- Brian Holland
- Clive Maude
- Michael Orpen-Palmer
- Norman Wells
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