The Boxscore's Story

by T Darkstar on Oct 22, 2010 12:09 AM PDT on Blazer's Edge

When Henry Chadwick invented the boxscore for baseball, it was a way in which the story of the game could be told without taking up as much valuable newspaper space. It was a brilliant idea. By following the numbers, one could quickly get an idea about who played well and who did not. One could...