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MLB Official Scorer Jillian Geib - Ep. 213


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Official scoring in baseball is very different than it is for all the other professional sports. Part of it is due its own history.  It was not all that long ago that baseball reporters  doubled as official scorers.  The box score 'invented' by Henry Chadwick in 1859 is still in use today!  But official scoring has been the bastion for males almost universally except for just a small amount of females. Starting with E. (Eliza) Green (could not use her name in 1882), and including Susan Fornoff in the 1990's. Now the Colorado Rockies and MLB this season have elevated Jillian Geib to be their official scorer and it's about time!  Gordon and I had a great conversation with Jillian talking about her experiences in MLB, official scoring today and how it's changed after the pandemic season. 

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