First Game Scored this Season

The difference between scoring baseball and scoring cricket is the length of the job, but I always find myself tiring of scoring a baseball game early in the eighth inning. The Giants are playing San Diego in their new park, Petco Park (Bark Park, the Doghouse, etc.), which is getting its major league debut today.

Thirty years ago today, Hank Aaron beat Babe Ruth’s home run record with his 715th long ball. He was in Atlanta today, enjoying pre-game festivities with his old club, the Atlanta Braves.

Numenius is kindly finishing up scoring this game for me. The Giants are losing 1-0. Barry Bonds had the chance to tie Willie Mays’ home run record. No luck so far….