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USER MANUAL FOR SCORING A BASEBALL GAME USING THE GAMECHANGER tm APP. Version 1.04 PAGE 1 19/08/15 CONTENTS:- 1. Setting up the Game 1.01 – Schedule games; Editing Game Details; Schedule Alerts; and Adding a Roster 1.01.1 Schedule or Create a Game Online 1.01.2 How to Edit Game Details on the Web 1.01.3 How to edit Game Details using the App 1.01.4 Using Schedule Alerts 1.01.5 Adding Players to your Roster Online 1.01.6 Adding Players to your Roster using the App. 1.02 – The Game Menu 1.02.1 - Help 1.02.2 - Manual Overrides - Change score; Innings; Side; Count; Outs; Balls; Strikes; and reset the Game. 1.02.3 – Settings (see below) 1.02.4 – End half Inning – End this Half Inning and start the next Inning. 1.02.5 – Swap Home/Away 1.03 – Settings 1.03.1 - Setting Innings Per Game 1.03.2 - Short Fielder/Extra Fielder 1.03.3 – Pitch Count Alerts 1.03.4 – Advanced Fielding 1.03.5 – Enable the Game Clock. 1.03.6 – Track Pitch Types – Fast Ball; Curve Ball; Slider etc 1.03.7 – Track Pitch Velocity – information pending 1.03.8 - Show Playing Time – At Bats and Innings Played. 1.04 Quick Line-ups 1.04.1 To add a quick line-up 1.04.2 Designated Hitter 1.05 Extended Line-ups 2. Starting to Score the Game The “Cheat” Sheet – A quick guide on the basics of getting started and scoring. Using the App:- Note - Recording the names of the Game Officials 2.01 Batting 2.01.1 Ball in Play 2.01.2 Scoring a Bunt Version 1.04 PAGE 2 19/08/15 a) Bunt Single b) Sacrifice bunt c) Bunt Error 2.01.3 Scoring a Sacrifice Fly 2.01.4 Scoring an Infield Fly 2.01.5 Foul Balls a) Foul ball Strike b) Foul ball tip Out. Note:- The Foul Tip Out will not appear until the current at- bat has two strikes. c) Foul Ball + Error 2.01.6 Base running a) Placing a Runnert on Base b) Advancing a Base runner c) Double Play – Examples of how to score. 2.01.7 Scoring a Dropped 3 rd Strike. Note:- This option is only available in situations where it is possible (e.g. Two strike count). 2.01.8 Pinch and Courtesy Runners 2.02 Fielding 2.02.1 How to make Substitutions from the Field 2.02.2 Player Position Tracking 2.02.3 Pickoffs and Rundowns 2.03 Pitching 2.03.1 Scoring a Balk. Note:- Runners must be on base to use this option . 2.03.2 Passed Balls and Wild Pitches Note:- Wild pitch and passed ball options will only show up if there is a runner on base and the pitcher has thrown a pitch to the next batter. 2.03.3 Pitch Counts 2.03.4 View Pitch Counts 2.03.5 Custom Pitch Counts 3. Finalising the Game 3.01 Pitching Decisions 3.02 Resuming a Finalised Game 4. Statistics 4.01 List of Statistics collected and available by GameChanger 4.02 Statistics Settings Version 1.04 PAGE 3 19/08/15 4.02.1 How to Edit Statistics Settings 4.03 Batting Statistics 4.04 Pitching Statistics 4.05 Fielding Statistics 4.06 To view in-game spray charts in the scorekeeper app. 4.07 How to manually enter Game stats 4.08 Exporting Statistics 4.08.1 Exporting to a CSV File 4.08.2 Exporting To other Sites 4.08.3 Opponents Statistics 4.08.4 Viewing Opposition Player's Statistics. 5. Supplementary Notes 5.01 Creating a New Team or Season 5.01.1 Getting Started 5.01.2 Creating a New season 5.01.3 PDF Line-up Cards 5.02 Multiple Scorekeepers 5.03 Scoring a Forfeit 5.04 Manually Changing Batters 5.05 Scoring a Mercy Rule 5.06 Deleting Players 5.07 Swapping Home and Away Teams 5.08 Offline Scorekeeping 5.09 Correcting Missed Substitutions 5.10 Correcting an Individual Play 5.11 Viewing Team Stats, Game Logs, and Spray charts 5.11.1 - Accessing previous games on the web 5.12 Post Game Box Score 5.13 Editing the Post Game Box Score and Gamestream 5.13.1 Editing Previous Plays (from the App.) 5.13.2 To Edit Plays within the Game . 5.13.3 Edit Game stats in Box Scores (from the Web). 5.13.4 Edit Game details (from the Web). 5.14 Syncing Team Data 5.14.1 Manually Syncing 5.14.2 Re-Syncing Games 5.14.3 Syncing Troubles Version 1.04 PAGE 4 19/08/15 5.14.4 Syncing Status. 5.15 Printing GameChanger Content 5.15.1 How to Print 5.15.2 Tips for Printing Spray Charts and the Scorebook. Version 1.04 PAGE 5 19/08/15 1. Setting up the Game 1.01 Scheduling Games; Editing Game Details; Schedule Alerts; The Roster Team administrators can schedule games on the app or on the website. Any information entered on the website will sync to the device and vice versa. Teams are encouraged to enter their schedule on a computer because the computer keyboards are more user-friendly than those found on tablets or phones. 1.01.1 Schedule or create a game online: 1) Log in to your GameChanger account at www.gc.com . 2) From your "Team News" page, click on the Schedule tab. 3) Click the Add Game option. 4) Enter in the Game Details. 5) Click Save. When scheduling a game from the website or Scorekeeper app, an administrator can configure the game’s details (date, time, game type, location). Administrators may edit a game’s details at any time, even after the game has been completed, by following the steps outlined below. 1.01.2 How to Edit Game Details on the Web 1) Open the Schedule tab. 2) Click the Edit Event Details link to the right of the game. 3) Make desired edits to the game details. 4) Click Save Changes . Note: You will only be given the option to input the game results when you select a date and time prior to the present. Version 1.04 PAGE 6 19/08/15 1.01.3 How to Edit Game Details on the App Open the team's Schedule page. 2) Tap on the game for which you wish to edit the Game Details. 3) Select Edit Game . 4) Make the desired edits. 5) Tap Done. 1.01.4 Schedule Alerts Administrators now have the ability to alert their team community of any changes made to the team's schedule. After adding and/or editing a game to the schedule, a box will appear that will give Admins the ability to alert certain members of the team's community. This can be done from both the web and the app. On the Web:- Version 1.04 PAGE 7 19/08/15 Using the App:- 1.01.5 Adding Players to Your Roster (Web) 1) Go to the "Roster & Lineup" tab 2) Select "Add or Edit Players" 3) Enter Player Information 4) Click "Save Roster" Roster Upload (Web) During the team creation process , you can upload your roster directly from an .xls, .xlsx or .csv file. 1.01.6 Adding Players to Your Roster (App) 1) From the "Team News" page, navigate to the "Roster" screen 2) Select "Create New Player" 3) Enter Player Information 4) Choose "Save & Close" or "Save & Add Another Player" 1.02 The Game Menu Tap on the Game Menu button at the top of the screen to open the following sub-menus:- 1.02.1 Help 1.02.2 Manual Overides – Change Score, Inning, Side, Count, Outs, Balls, Strikes, or Reset the game. Example:- In a game where a side fields less than nine players, an “auto out” can be given for say the ninth (absent) batter under local competition rules. Select “Menu”, then the “Manual Overide” sub menu to adjust the number of outs at this Version 1.04 PAGE 8 19/08/15 point in the game and then click “Done” and then “Save” at top right of the drop down menu. NOTE:- It is also worth noting under “Plays” if the auto out rule is to be used in a game (Tap “Plays”, then the “Edit” pencil and make a note.) 1.02.3 Settings – Number of Innings – Short fielder/extra fielder ( Disabled/Rover/L/R Centre) Disabled/Rover/L/R Centre) – Pitch Count Alerts – Do not show first alert – default – Do not show second alert – default – NOTE – The maximum number of pitches that can be set for each alert is 200. – Advanced fielding ON/OFF – Track assists and putouts – Enable Game Clock ON/OFF – Shows running game clock – Track Pitch Types – Fastball, curve, slider ... – Track Pitch Velocity – Show playing Time – At bats and innings played Once selections are made, tap “menu” to close. 1.02.4 End Half Inning Example:- This feature can be used in competions where the local competition rules state that an innings may end if there are three outs, or “X” numer of runs are scored (typically 5 or 7) 1.02.5 Swap Home/Away 1.03 Settings 1.03.1 Setting Innings Per Game The setting for how many innings per game a team will play can be set from both the Scorekeeper app and the GameChanger website. 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