Hardball Times: A Day in the Life of a Stringer
Submitted by Robert Daeley on Sun, 2006-04-16 09:27.
Dream job, eh?
Hardball Times: A Day in the Life of a Stringer
“Readers of my blog might know that starting last year I was fortunate enough to land a part-time job working as a ‘stringer’ or Datacaster for MLB.com and its Gameday system. Last season I worked at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City and this year at Coors Field in Denver. But for those who aren’t familiar either with what a stringer is or the Gameday system itself, this week I thought I’d take a break from graphs and tables and take you behind the scenes in order to share what a typical day in the life of a stringer is like.”…
See also baseball scorekeeping.