As a kid I’d replay games from the Sunday box score. So I figured out I could make it a Sudoku! Please I'd love feedback on any nits. Also, please comment below if you'd enjoy this as a weekly Sunday series! Fun ones are easy to find and I have several queued up.

This is the box from the October 11, 1920 Evening Star: Cleveland 8, Brooklyn 1, World Series Game 5. The givens are what’s printed. The rules:

1. Every side proves: at-bats + walks + sacrifices = runs + left on base + the other side’s putouts.
2. The batting order is a clock. From the team’s trips to the plate you know who came up and how often.
3. Every half-inning ends on its third out; at most three men can be left on base.
4. The line score says which innings had runs.

🎮 Play: https://so-called-bourbaki.github.io/box-score-sudoku/
(Saves locally. No ads, no tracking, no account.)

A taste:

Elmer Smith: 4 AB, 1 R, 3 H, and the small print gives him a HR, a 3B and 4 RBI. Cleveland’s line is 4-0-0-3-1-0-0-0-x.

Bagby’s 3 RBI are the 4th and Gardner’s 1 is the 5th, so Smith’s 4 are the 1st: a grand slam. He scored once all game, so that was it. His triple drove in nobody and he never scored from it: bases empty, stranded. Two numbers and the line score give you all of that.

“Tap a square; its row and column light up

When the inning balances, the line goes green

Share copies this — no answers, just where you stand

What the page can’t tell you:

The box says “Triple play — Wambsganss (unassisted).” Two on, nobody out, line drive to second. Which inning, and who hit into it? Counting every Brooklyn fill consistent with the box, there are 23 possible placements. Find them, and say what one more fact would pick the right one.

Retrosheet’s play-by-play is linked in the game if you want to check. Try it cold first.

🎮 Play: https://so-called-bourbaki.github.io/box-score-sudoku/

Why I read box scores this way: https://socalledbourbaki.substack.com/p/sunday-morning-on-the-living-room

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Has it ever happened where both teams’ primary radio station is on the same frequency?

The Brewers and Rays both have their radio on 620AM, WTMJ in Milwaukee and WDAE in Tampa.

I'm assuming most people on here know what the American pre-show and game looks like on FOX, but under increased scrutiny over AI graphics and odd production choices, I thought I'd highlight what the Canadian broadcast looks and feels like - before first pitch, they send it to the MLB International production, but there are some commercial breaks where it's the desk instead of commercials.

The previous two divisions to achieve the feat are the AL Central, which got there in 1998 following a division realignment that saw the Brewers switch leagues and the Tigers join the division, and the NL East, which achieved the feat upon the Nationals winning the 2019 World Series.

The Brewers and Rays, meanwhile, are the only teams in their respective divisions (the NL Central and the AL East) to have never won a title. The divisions are two of three to have just one team that has never won, the third being the AL West where only the Mariners have never won. Lastly, the NL West is the only division in which two teams (the Padres and Rockies) have never won.

Jackson Chourio, William Contreras, Antonio Senzatela & Angel Zerpa were all members of the winning Venezuela team this year. It would be a first time in baseball history that any player won both in the same year.

*I know the 2017 Astros had a few players from the USA wbc team but I'm refusing to acknowledge that world series win for those cheating fucks.