Gamechanger scorekeeping

Report any scoring mistakes to staff@perfectgame.org

Scouts and college coaches don't really care, but that doesn't mean the mistakes are OK. All player changes, especially defensive changes, don't always get reported by umpires. Sometimes the numbers are turned in wrong.  And sometimes our game changer scorer keepers make a mistake. Report anything you think is a mistake. Everyone wants to get things right.

Ok...really dont want to look petty. But that is very good to know.  Perfect Game runs a truly impressive operation, especially considering how massive these tournaments are. Thank you for your response.

Goodeye, take PGs advice. Around 3 years ago PG made a mistake about something with my son in a blog that was written. I wrote them about it to bring it to their attention and before I knew it, the write up was changed. Sometimes it may seem petty, but if it's not right, it's not right and should be corrected. Like I said, the people at PG seem pretty responsive about getting things accurate.

bballman,

 

My kudos to PG, but that’s not to say SKs everywhere don’t want to be as accurate as possible. I know every season I send an e-mail to every coach, player, and parent asking them to let me know as soon as possible about any inaccuracies in either the stats or the newsletter because I want everything to be as accurate as possible. I don’t know about all other SKs, but I know I’ve never once seen one refuse help from anyone in trying to get something right.

 

Unlike MLB SKs, most of us amateur scorers don’t have anyone in the “booth” with binoculars, monitors, and accurate team rosters feeding us information, and for sure it’s the rare amateur umpire who tells us every substitution or re-entry.

For the record... We don't always change scoring or blogs.  For example, if someone brings up a certain play that was scored an error rather than a hit, we are not likely to change that.  Exception would be if the official scorekeeper remembers that exact play and decides to change his judgement and the way he scored the play. Experience has shown us that our score keeper is usually (but not always) correct. Mistakes are made by everyone involved in baseball. Players, umpires, administrators, coaches, score keepers, bat boys, fans, grounds crew, scouts, recruiters, etc.  no one is flawless.

Good point PG. There is a difference between having an issue with a judgement call made by a scorekeeper and a misreport of the actual event. If the facts are misreported, I would think you guys would do what you can to make that update and that was my experience. I can't even imagine getting questioned on every judgement call made during every game. That would be a nightmare.