Opening day of baseball is coming. ⚾ I’m finishing the adjustments and final coats of polish to my 1957 Royal FP standard typewriter in Dodger Blue. It was manufactured the same year that the Brooklyn Dodgers announced their move to Los Angeles, so it will be a fantastic machine to score the 68th Los Angeles home opener on March 26th.
Naturally, it’s got blue ribbon.
That’s a fantastic typer, Chris! Are you following the footsteps of Tom Hanks?
Only just. Unless there’s someone else out there, Lou was the first, then Tom on 3/29, and I scored the third game by typewriter on 3/31 last year: https://boffosocko.com/2025/04/02/atl-vs-lad-2025-03-31-scorecard/
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Joe Van Cleave on YouTube just posted a video about this over the weekend! It was fascinating. I never thought of taking a typewriter to a game before.
That’s a beautiful word hammer you have there!
You need to mark that as NSFW. It’s basically typewriter porn. Nice pic.
You’re going to be viral, son!
I’m prepping a Remington No. 5 Streamline now. Just waiting on new rubber incoming from J.J. Short!
I know this will be a dumb question, but how do you use a typewriter to score a game? Are there special sheets?
Personal notes for week 12 of 2026