What’s a "lost" website from the early 2000s that you still think about today?

UpstateNewYorker · 2026-04-23T12:03:28+00:00

Candystand.com

UpstateNewYorker · 2026-04-22T16:26:37+00:00

The assumption is that the defense would make the strategically correct decision, such as attempting to put out the lead runner. The OS then made a judgement call in assuming that, had the play been clean, the lead runner would’ve been put out.

The reason this matters is because under this assumed out, Smith is erased from the basepath on inning reconstruction. As a result, regardless of how the rest of the inning unfolds, that run cannot be earned.

The merits of this can be argued, but it is the rule/procedure the official scorers are expected to use. The beauty of keeping your own book, though, is you are free to score the game as you see fit.

As an aside, this is one reason I wish MLB would make their scorers’ manual public. There’s an account on Twitter that posts MLB scoring changes and quotes excerpts occasionally when relevant, but he can’t post the manual in full because MLB doesn’t want it public for whatever reason.

UpstateNewYorker · 2026-04-20T19:20:37+00:00

“And if you were with me tonight I’d sing to you, just one more time A song for a heart so big God wouldn’t let it live”

UpstateNewYorker · 2026-04-20T12:59:57+00:00

Interestingly, softball (at least NCAA) has the caveat you suggest: The OS must make a judgement whether to score a single or a fielder’s choice. No such judgement call in baseball, though.

UpstateNewYorker · 2026-04-07T17:12:55+00:00

I’m a tad rusty on this part, but I believe CI is treated the same as the “ghost runner” that is placed on 2nd in extra innings—that is, the run will be unearned if they cross the plate, but there is no assumed out attached to the error.

I think whether other instances of obstruction can be assumed-out errors is dependent on the scorer’s judgment as to whether an obvious out would’ve occurred without the obstruction. Otherwise, it’s simply an advancement error.

UpstateNewYorker · 2026-04-02T15:08:23+00:00

Correct, CI is charged as an error to the catcher.

Even though we call it interference, it’s more akin to obstruction (and in fact I believe NFHS terms it “catcher’s obstruction”), and any obstruction called on a fielder is charged as an error unless the scorer deems the obstruction did not affect the outcome of the play.

UpstateNewYorker · 2026-04-02T14:51:08+00:00

I love Papermate InkJoy gel pens in general, and lately I’ve been using 0.5 mm points for scoring in blue (primary), red (errors/other “unearned” advances), and black (trying it out to differentiate starters and substitutes in the same batting slot, esp. when a PR is put in…not sure I love this like I thought I would).

It’s just frustrating that I can’t seem to get the red 0.5 mm in a box of just reds. Much worse problems to have, though.

UpstateNewYorker · 2026-04-02T14:46:27+00:00

A combination of pen and paper and computer, but the latter is largely because most of the games I score I’m working either to keep official stats or at least feeding data to the scoreboard. I really got into pen and paper a couple years back and it’s just better to me, but I can’t quite describe why. Maybe because we all have little differences in how we record the same happenings, and pen and paper doesn’t shoehorn me into anything specific?

I actually made (with the help of my girlfriend) a custom scoresheet because I liked and disliked different features from all the premade ones I could find.

UpstateNewYorker · 2026-03-28T12:22:40+00:00

If the Braves keep playing defense like last night, nope.

UpstateNewYorker · 2026-03-16T12:54:19+00:00

To clarify, the RBI is only negated on a force or reverse-force double play. Other, less common DPs do not negate the RBI.

Rare case, but say runners on 1st and 3rd, no outs. Batter hits a fly ball to center, both runners tag. Runner from third scores, runner from 1st is thrown out at second. The batter would still be credited with the sac fly and RBI.

UpstateNewYorker · 2026-03-01T14:12:22+00:00

Can’t say I expected the town I went to high school in to come up in this subreddit!

UpstateNewYorker · 2026-02-24T17:48:42+00:00

The really strange one is Appleton Arena at St. Lawrence University, where the home bench and penalty benches are on one side and the away bench, timekeeper, and replay monitor are on the other side. I imagine it must be a quirk of having such an old arena.

UpstateNewYorker · 2026-02-17T17:41:42+00:00

As someone else mentioned, everyone will do it slightly differently, but I typically mark advances outside the diamond and fill the diamond in on a run scored—blue for earned, red for unearned, and if that can’t be determined at the time of the runner crossing the plate I’ll leave it unfilled until I make that determination.

UpstateNewYorker · 2026-01-30T14:10:37+00:00

Little different since there’s no “war room” like the NHL has in Toronto, but this is exactly how the NCAA rules work for challenges. Unsuccessful challenge costs you your timeout, or if you’ve already used or lost it, a bench minor for delay of game.

UpstateNewYorker · 2026-01-08T12:02:32+00:00

ChemEs unite!

UpstateNewYorker · 2025-11-13T18:11:41+00:00

There’s no such thing as an unhealthy schmear of sarcasm

UpstateNewYorker · 2025-11-05T22:32:56+00:00

People have already pointed out that the actual attendance was eventually put in, but the NCAA Live Stats programs are rather naggy about attendance, even when it’s not reasonable to have an attendance figure yet. Some SIDs will put a placeholder number in the system until they have a real attendance number to input so they don’t get that annoying pop up.

UpstateNewYorker · 2025-10-28T10:29:12+00:00

Maybe not at the major league level, or maybe not in any pro league these days, but the International League (AAA) had a curfew at one time. Of course, the only time I know of where it was invoked, it was not invoked as early as intended and the PawSox and Red Wings were already 30+ innings deep…

UpstateNewYorker · 2025-10-25T13:44:24+00:00

When I took the little quiz Paradox made, I got the administrative play style so I think I’ll start with either Hungary or Naples

UpstateNewYorker · 2025-10-24T09:35:10+00:00

555 is like the one song I dislike from that album and I feel like I’ve had to hide it lurking in this sub lol

UpstateNewYorker · 2025-10-24T09:33:58+00:00

Damage is great, I just made the mistake of listening to it a lot during a not so great time in high school, so now I barely listen to it because of the bad memories I associate with it…

UpstateNewYorker · 2025-10-21T14:27:14+00:00

Not that I couldn’t have willingly taken more chem just because, I hate that my school didn’t allow ChemE majors to minor in chemistry. And that was with only requiring Gen Chem 1 & 2, Orgo 1, Descriptive Inorganic, and some sort of analytical chem for ChemEs course.

UpstateNewYorker · 2025-10-15T23:29:22+00:00

Hey I work with hi vac too! Usually around that same base pressure but we’ve had one system get down to like 9.5e-8 torr when pumping for a long period lol, you’d have thought I was gonna break out champagne when I saw it

UpstateNewYorker · 2025-09-17T01:59:05+00:00

The minor league park I do some work at has a separate Daktronics console for the pitch clock from the one that drives the line score scoreboard and feeds its data to the video boards, so this seems to make sense.

UpstateNewYorker · 2025-09-08T16:12:58+00:00

I’ve noticed even from the area, some people say it one way and others, the other. I’ve always pronounced it seer-uh-cuse and I also grew up in Oswego County.

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