Comments on: Connecting Ourselves to History

By: James

James — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 15:54:39 +0000

My dad firmly believed there are two things every 12-year-old should learn how to do: play cribbage and keep a baseball score.

agreed!

By: AW

AW — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 15:40:41 +0000

One of the few good things about not being a great ballplayer growing up was that, as a benchwarmer, I learned to score games pretty quickly. Still do it on occasion.
You are right – it is a written language – codes, really — that connects generations of fans.

By: Jim Crikket

Jim Crikket — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 03:47:00 +0000

I would agree with your dad… I, too, learned cribbage at a young age.

By: k-bro

k-bro — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 03:08:43 +0000

I, too, like to keep score. I keep a very neat scorecard. And the drawback of that is that I usually get roped into being a “bench coach” of my sons’ youth baseball teams — which usually amounts to shouting out the batting order every inning and keeping the score book.

My dad firmly believed there are two things every 12-year-old should learn how to do: play cribbage and keep a baseball score. These are good skills to have.