Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition

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1 Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition 1.0 K-ForCE Baseball Scoring Main Window The Lineup Substitutions 2.2 At Bats 2.3 Scoreboard 2.4 Inning Totals 2.5 Home Team/Visiting Team 2.6 Inning Numbers 3.0 Game Information Window At Bat Scoring Window Balls and Strikes 4.2 Scoring a Ground Out 4.3 Scoring a Fly Out 4.4 Scoring an Out (Other) 4.5 Scoring a Hit 4.6 Scoring with Menus 4.7 Navigating Between Batters 5.0 Tapless Scoring Substitution Details Pinch Hitter Details 6.2 Pinch Runner Details 6.3 Defensive Sub Details 6.4 Pitching Sub Details 7.0 K-ForCE Data Folder Box Score Batting Statistics 8.2 Fielding Statistics 8.3 Pitching Statistics 8.4 Team Statistics 8.5 Season Statistics 9.0 Finalize Game Wizard Import Starting Lineup Technical Support Appendix A Tutorial with screen images 15

2 1.0 K-ForCE Baseball Scoring K-ForCE is a baseball/softball scoring program for PocketPC. If you know how to score a game on paper, and you are familiar with the PocketPC operating system, then you'll be able to start using K-ForCE right after the installation. If, however, you are just getting started with scoring baseball and the PocketPC, don't worry, you will be able to pick it up in no time at all. It's easy to score a baseball game; and it's even easier with Pointstreak K-ForCE. 2.0 Main Window 2.1 The Lineup The four columns on the left are for player information. Player number, name, position and inning the player entered the game. To the right of the player information are the 'At Bat' or 'Scoring' boxes. The player information boxes are grouped in three rows per scoring box. These additional boxes are for player substitutions. Tip: Enter the player information from left to right. This is because the team information is retained from previously scored games; and player names are associated with the player's number (not the other way around) Substitutions Entering substitute players is as easy as entering the starting lineup. Although there are only three player information rows per at-bat, more substitutions may be entered by using the scroll triangles that appear once all three player information rows are filled in. K-ForCE can accommodate up to sixteen players per at bat row. Substitute batters are entered as a special position 'Pinch Hitter'. Once the position is entered, the current inning should appear automatically. You may view/change the substitution details by holding down the stylus on the substitute player information. A 'context menu' will appear, allowing you to bring up a window with the substitution details. Substitute runners, or 'Pinch Runners', are handled in much the same way as substitute hitters. Defensive substitutions are handled in the same way as the starting lineup. After a substitute hitter or runner enters the game, a defensive substitution should be made when the team starts their defensive part of the inning (or the top of the next inning). Do this even when a player is merely changing positions. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 2 of 76

3 2.2 At Bats The at bat area displays a summary of each player's at bat. A line is drawn for each base the player reached safely. At the top is the play summary. This is usually how the player reached base or how the player was put out. If the batter (or runner) was put out, a circled number indicates which out. And in the lower right are five boxes shaded to indicate the ball/strike count. 2.3 Scoreboard The scoreboard can be displayed by selecting Scoreboard from the View menu. This is a standard baseball scoreboard, giving an inning by inning scoring summary as wells as runs, hits, and errors. 2.4 Inning Totals Select 'Inning Totals' from the view menu to display totals and view the opposing team's pitchers. This is also where pitching substitutions can be made. At the bottom of a traditional scoresheet is a place where the innings can be totaled. There's a place for Runs, Hits, Errors and the number of runner left on Base. Also, along the left column, is an area for entering the opposing team's pitchers. It is entered on the opposing scoresheet since this is where the information comes from to determine pitching statistics. K-ForCE exposes this view as a quick way of seeing an inning by inning breakdown of the offense. More important, however, is the ability to quickly enter pitching substitutions. As you'll notice, there is no place for the position or inning. The pitcher is presumed; and the inning is automatically filled in at the time of the substitution. This information can be changed, of course, by holding down the stylus on the substituted pitcher and selecting 'Substitution Details...' 2.5 Home Team/Visiting Team To toggle scoresheet between the home team and visiting team, just select the team from the View menu. The background colors change when the switch is made. Also, the title of the main window changes to reflect the currently displayed team. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 3 of 76

4 2.6 Inning Numbers The heading row at the top of the scoresheet indicates the inning. The column heading may be changed to indicate the same inning is scored in multiple columns. To do this, just tap the inning number and change it to be the same as the column just to the left. When you tap elsewhere to accept the change, the column headings to the right will be adjusted automatically. 3.0 Game Information Window From the main window select Game Information from the View menu. This brings up a window that allows you to enter Game Information, Visiting Team and Home Team. The 'Game Info' tab allows you to enter Date, Time, Location, Score Keeper, Comments, Ump names. The 'Visitors' and 'Home' tabs allow you to enter information about the teams: league, team name, team colors, player information, season files, and team short name. The first season file needs to be added through this window. All future saved games for a team with at least one season file, will give you an opportunity accumulate season stats as you save the game. Team short name allows you to control the name as it is displayed in the scoreboard view. Since the number of character in the scoreboard is limited, the default short name may not be the best choice. You can override the default short name here. It is not necessary to enter player information in the Game Information window. Player names entered into the lineup will be automatically associated with the team entered in this window. If previous games have been scored, the teams should appear in the list. Once a team is selected from the list, the players from the team will appear in the player name list for ease of entering the lineup (in the main window). Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 4 of 76

5 4.0 At Bat Scoring Window From the main window, tap on of the at bat boxes, or tap the 'Batter Up' menu, and the at bat scoring window appears. This is where all game scoring is done. 4.1 Balls and Strikes Scoring balls and strikes is as easy as tapping on of the five pitch boxes. When two strikes have been scored, additional foul balls are scored by tapping the '+' next to the pitch boxes. Numbers appear in the boxes indicating the pitch count of each ball/strike. In addition, you can enter strikes with a tap and swipe up to indicate a foul ball, or a tap and swipe down to indicate a called strike. This leaves a tap and release indicating a swinging strike. This takes some practice; but is not hard to master. 4.2 Scoring a Ground Out The most common ground out play is to first base. A ball hit to the shortstop, thrown to the first baseman for a force out is scored '6-3'. If you tap any of the infielder numbers an out is recorded (indicated by a circled 1, 2 or 3) and the fielder's number is inserted into the comment. Tap the '3' at first base, class then tap an empty area to accept the changes. A dash is automatically inserted between the numbers. 4.3 Scoring a Fly Out One of the most common plays is a fly out. A fly out to center field is scored as 'F8'. To score this with K-ForCE, simply tap the '8' in center field. An out is scored and an 'F8' comment is inserted. Tap an empty area of the window to accept the changes. 4.4 Scoring an Out (Other) Since a fly out is presumed when an outfielder is tapped, and a ground out is presumed when an infielder is tapped, how do you score a ground out hit to right field? Sections 7.2 & 7.3 gave the shortcut way of scoring the most common kinds of outs. But often there is no shortcut. To score the force out from right field to first base (9-3), tap the gray circled number to indicate the out, the tap the right field '9', then the first base '3'. One more tap accepts the changes. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 5 of 76

6 4.5 Scoring a Hit Scoring a hit consists of drawing a line from home to first base and continuing to where the runner stops. Some scorecards list 1B, 2B, 3B & HR along the right side of the at bat box. The appropriate one should be circled. Other scorecards omit this. On these scorecards, write the symbol next to the line leading to the last base reached safely. K-ForCE follows the latter convention. To score a double, just tap the square button between first and second. The lines will be drawn and a comment '2B ' will be inserted. Note: A space follows the '2B' so you can finish by indicating the player who fielded the ball (i.e. '2B 7' would indicate a double fielded by the left fielder). 4.6 Scoring with Menus Along the bottom of the window are menus to the most frequently scored plays: BB, IBB, HBP, FC, K, KS, DP, E, F, SF, SA. Hold the stylus down over each of the abbreviations to see what they mean. A walk will automatically advance base runners, and if bases are loaded an RBI is scored for the batter. 4.7 Navigating Between Batters Once you've scored the out or hit, you want to move on to score the next batter. Tap the grey square at home plate in the small diamond at the right. This will take you to the 'batter up', even if it's a batter for the other team. The 'Next'/'Prev' buttons advance you through the order without regards to who's at bat. Once you've scored a pitch or two, you might need to score a stolen base (SB) for the runner on first. Just tap the first base on small diamond at the right to score that player. Tap the 'SB' menu at the bottom and a line is drawn and a comment inserted with 'SB' followed by the batter's number. Tap home plate on the small diamond and you're back to scoring the batter. You can also advance runners from the current batter's AtBat. Simply drag a runner from one base to another. A popup menu appears giving you the opportunity to enter the base advance comment. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 6 of 76

7 5.0 Tapless Scoring Much of the game can be scored without the use of the stylus. Since much of the game is scoring balls and strikes, leave the stylus in its holder and score with one hand. Use <up> for strikes, <down> for balls, <left> for extra foul balls, <right> to bring up the line up menu (<up>/<down> to navigate the menu), and <action button> to select the menu item. Scoring a third strike records a strikeout swinging (KS). Another tap <up> changes it to a 'K'. Scoring a forth ball records a walk (BB). Another tap <down> changes it to an intentional walk (IBB). 5.1 Pocket PC with a Keyboard Some Pocket PC devices come with a built in keyboard. With these devices, the keyboard can be used to score 'B'all, 'S'winging string, 'C'alled strike, and 'F'oul ball. 6.0 Substitution Details K-ForCE tries to insert the details about when a substitution is made based on the current game state. But often, especially when scoring for fun, the scorer misses the substitution announcement and needs to go back and enter the substitution after the fact. The Substitution Details window allows you to tweak the information about when the substitution happened. 6.1 Pinch Hitter Details The player s name, number and type of substitution are entered from the main window, so they are not editable from this window. Inning, Comment, Subbed for, and At Bat Count may be modified. The only item that really deserves more explanation is At Bat Count. If a team bats more than nine players in an inning, it is possible that a player may be pinch hit for during is second appearance at the plate. This is where you would indicate this. Usually, the only item that appears in the list is 1 st of the inning. 6.2 Pinch Runner Details Pinch runner details are the same is the pinch hitter details, with one extra piece of information, Base Subbed At. You need to indicate which base the runner was subbed at. Again, K-ForCE automatically enters this information based on the game s current state. But you may have a need to adjust this information. In addition to the 'Base Subbed At', the substitution may not occur at the time the batter reaches base. Use the 'Batter Count' to indicate the inning batter count: this is the count of batters who have completed their atbat during the inning. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 7 of 76

8 6.3 Defensive Sub Details Like offensive substitution details, the player s name, number and position are entered from the main window. The inning, comment and player subbed for may be modified here. Batter Count is the number of batters who have completed their at bat during the inning. If the player is substituted at the beginning of the inning, this number is zero. The 'Pitch Count' is the number of pitches the current batter has received before the substitution (almost always zero). Most often defensive substitutions be made between batters. So unless there is an injury during a player s at bat, the pitch count will be zero. You may choose not to enter any information here, as it has no bearing on defensive statistics (except for pitchers and sometimes catcher statistics are affected as well). 6.4 Pitching Sub Details As with defensive substitution details, pitching details contain the same information. The only extra information you may choose to enter is the pitch count. If a pitcher is substituted for during a player s at bat, the pitch count is important for defensive stats. 7.0 K-ForCE Data Folder K-ForCE provides three different options for where to save your team data. K-ForCE Data includes player data, starting lineup and season statistics. By saving this information under your 'My Documents' folder, you can more easily backup your data and include the team information. Also, data in your 'My Documents' is synchronized when file synchronization is enabled in ActiveSync. A second option is to save the data to a 'Storage Card'. This is an easy way to share data between devices, including your PC (with a card reader). For backward compatibility with older versions, K-ForCE also allows saving this information in the program's installation folder (Program Files). This mode should be avoided and is provided for compatibility only. We recommend using the 'My Documents' folder for your K-ForCE Data. You can use ActiveSync to track changes, and point K-ForCE PC version to this sync folder. This allows both programs to work against the same data without having to explicitly sync. 8.0 Box Score The Box Score is a report of all of the Batting, Fielding and Pitching statistics for the game. It also reports the season statistics for a team which is accumulating season statistics. Each page can be sorted by tapping a column. Tap the column again to reverse the sort order. Each page can be copied to the clipboard for pasting into Pocket Excel or other program. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 8 of 76

9 8.1 Batting Statistics The following is a complete list of batting statistics that K-ForCE reports:!"!# $$#%# $&$#%#& $'$ ' $$ ($( $ )')%' '*#'* &(#&+(# ('#(#+' #!!" " '!'!# $),$!# -,. 8.2 Fielding Statistics The following is a complete list of fielding statistics that K-ForCE reports:!" ((#!'! **!!"!!(#+$# $$ ($( $ &)/&!# Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 9 of 76

10 8.3 Pitching Statistics The following is a complete list of pitching statistics that K-ForCE reports:!!# &&# 0 ** $$#%# $&$#%#& # 0!"!#!!# ('0.(#+' # $'$ ' $$,1,,$1,$ (,1(, (,)1(,) 1 )1) $'1$ ' $-1$. $-'1$.' " ''!1''!# '$),1'$!# '-,1'. *22*. *33*. *44*. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 10 of 76

11 8.4 Team Statistics The following is a complete list of team statistics that K-ForCE reports: 1 )1) 1 $1 $# 1 0 /!# $1 $# $61 $#6 $*1 $#* *1 0*64 $1 *1* )'1 $)% -57-)'$$7-*7-557-$#1$#- 8.5 Season Statistics Season statistics are the same as the game statistics. A team is considered to be accumulating season statistics if it has one or more games added to its season. This is done through the Finalize Wizard or the Game Information window. Select the team's Visitors or Home tab, select 'Season' in the dropdown list and add a game. When saving a game with a team whose season stats are being accumulated, K-ForCE will prompt to add the game to the season stats list. So only the first game ever needs to be added in the Game Information window. 8.6 Situational Statistics K-ForCE provides some basic situational game statistics. Use these to determine batting, pitching and even fielding statistics under a variety of game situations like 'first pitch strike', 'full count', 'runner in scoring position', 'bases loaded', 'left handed batter', 'left handed pitcher' etc. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 11 of 76

12 9.0 Finalize Game Wizard The Finalize Game Wizard is used to enter the game end time, declare a winner, assign winning/losing pitcher and other data at the end of the game. In addition to gathering additional statistical information, the wizard saves the game and season information and locks the statistics. Any further edits to the game will not be reflected in the statistics until the Finalize Game Wizard is run again Import Starting Lineup One of the more time consuming tasks is to enter the starting lineup for a game. If your favorite team uses the same, or similar, starting lineup, simply import the lineup from a previously scored game. Even if the lineup is different by three or four batters, the lineup can easily be fixed using K-ForCE's cut/paste capability Import Roster Another time consuming and error prone task is entering the player and team information. Pointstreak K-ForCE supports four different file formats as well as a Windows clipboard format allowing copy-paste from Pocket Excel or text editor. The team name will be inferred from the filename. The league name will be inferred as well, if the filename is of the form League.Team.txt. The information imported from the roster includes the player s jersey number, player name, batting side and throwing arm. The batting side and throwing arm will be defaulted to R/R if omitted Comma Separated Values CSV Comma separated values, or comma delimited format is a commonly used text format for transferring data between programs. Nearly all spreadsheet programs know how to import and export these files, which usually have a CSV extension. The fields for this text file must be listed in the correct order for K-ForCE to correctly interpret them. Below is an example of the various forms of CSV that K-ForCE is able to correctly interpret: 12,John Smith,R,R 12,Smith, John,R,R 12,John Smith,R 12,John Smith Each of the above examples will yield identical roster entries. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 12 of 76

13 Text File Format TXT One of the most common file formats is simple text. Spreadsheet programs usually place content into the Windows clipboard as {tab} delimited. This is similar to CSV but using {tab} characters instead of commas to indicate separate fields. K-ForCE is very flexible regarding the data contained within text format. The most important factor is the ordering of the fields. The Pointstreak K-ForCE Game Information window displays player data in a list formatted as 12 John Smith (R/R). K-ForCE requires text files to contain the player fields in the same order. Below is an example of the various forms of TXT that K- ForCE is able to correctly interpret: 12 John Smith (R/R) 12John SmithR/R 12John Smith 12{tab}John Smith{tab}R{tab}R 12-John Smith-R/R Each of the above examples will yield identical roster entries. The text file format does NOT allow the use of comma as a field separator. This means names can be specified as Last Name, First Name and the comma will be preserved in the name. 12 Smith, John (R/R) In this example, K-ForCE will interpret the name as Smith, John. The text file format can also be pasted from the Windows clipboard into the roster edit window within the Import Roster dialog. This allows you to simply enter player information by typing directly into the edit window, or by typing the information into a text editor like Notepad, then copy-paste into the Import Roster edit window. In fact, copypaste from Excel and other spreadsheets will work as well. The data doesn t necessarily need to be separated into cells Retrosheet Format ROS Retrosheet is formatted as a set of comma separated values. This format has the limitation that no jersey numbers are supplied. Player numbers will be assigned sequentially starting at eleven. The Retrosheet rosters list players in alphabetical order; so import will yield the same results unless there is a conflict with an existing roster. Please visit for complete information regarding ROS file format Pointstreak K-ForCE Roster Format KRS This is the same file format that K-ForCE uses to maintain team information. When importing a KRS file, only the jersey number, player name, batting side and throwing hand will be honored. This is most useful when migrating a team from one season to the next, where most of the information is the same. As part of the import process, a new league or team name can be specified; and players can be quickly added or removed. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 13 of 76

14 11.0 Technical Support For additional help, visit our Technical Support area where you can find answers or open a new help desk problem. To view short videos on how to use K-ForCE, visit our K-ForCE Tutorial Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 14 of 76

15 2 of 248 The main window is designed to look like a basic scoresheet. There is room on the left for player information like player number, name, position and inning in which the player entered the game. 4 of 248 Let's start by opening the 'Game Information' dialog. 3 of 248 The 'View' menu allows you to view the scoreboard or inning totals, or switch teams. You can also bring up the box score or game information dialog. 5 of 248 The 'Game Information' dialog is where you enter date/time and team information.

16 6 of 248 There's lots of other information about the game that you might want to track. 8 of 248 By selecting the 'Visitors', we can enter information about the visiting team. 7 of 248 We'll just enter the weather. 9 of 248 We type in the league name. Then we type in the team name. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 16 of 76

17 10 of 248 We pick light blue for 'color 1'. Then select 'color 2' in the drop down box. 12 of 248 Now move on to enter information about the players. 11 of 248 We select pink for color of 248 Here we enter the player's number and name. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 17 of 76

18 14 of 248 Then we 'Add Player' to the team and he shows up in the list. 16 of 248 Oops. Number 10 is Francis, not Frank. 15 of 248 We continue to add all of the players on the Comets. 17 of 248 So select '10- Frank'. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 18 of 76

19 18 of 248 Click 'Remove' and he is removed from the list. But, his number and name appear in the edit boxes above. 20 of 248 And re-add the player. 19 of 248 Now you can correct the spelling. 21 of 248 The rest of the players on the Comets. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 19 of 76

20 22 of 248 Switch over to enter information about the Home team. 24 of 248 Enter the Home team name 'Badgers'. 23 of 248 Select the same league. As you can see, the 'Comets' have already been added to the league. 25 of 248 Set 'Color 1' and switch to 'Color 2'. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 20 of 76

21 26 of 248 'Color 2' for the Badgers is burnt orange. 28 of 248 Back to the main scorecard view. 27 of 248 We don't know the players for the Badgers. Or maybe the game is starting and we don't have time to enter the player information just now. So we're done for now: click 'ok'. 29 of 248 We can enter the starting lineup by number. Here we select number 63, Joe. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 21 of 76

22 30 of 248 Now to accept the selection, tap somewhere else on the scorecard. 32 of 248 Now enter the player's position. Here we select 'P' for pitcher. 31 of 248 As soon as you do this, his name will appear. Also, since he's the first entry as batter number one, the inning is defaulted to be the 1st inning. 33 of 248 Once again, tap somewhere else on the scorecard to accept the selection. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 22 of 76

23 34 of 248 Instead of choosing the player from the drop down list, you can simply enter the player's number. 36 of 248 In addition to being able to select the position from the list, you can simply enter the position number. 35 of 248 Accept the change by tapping somewhere else on the scorecard. And since player number '10' was already entered into the lineup, the name is filled in automatically. 37 of 248 Tap on the scorecard to accept the change, and '3B' appears (which is the same as position '5'). Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 23 of 76

24 38 of 248 And if you know the name of the player but forget the number, just choose them from the player list. 40 of 248 Again, the player number is automatically filled in. 39 of 248 Accept 'Juan' as the third batter by tapping the scorecard. 41 of 248 You may also enter the position as 'RF' (instead of the position number). Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 24 of 76

25 42 of 248 Tap the scorecard to accept the change. 44 of 248 Here is the rest of the starting lineup. 43 of 248 You can also enter the position as lowercase letters. 45 of 248 Now that we've gone to the trouble of entering the starting lineup, lets save it as the default starting lineup by selecting 'Export Starting Lineup'. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 25 of 76

26 46 of 248 If we had time, we could enter the home team's starting lineup; but if not, we can just tap 'Batter Up'. 48 of 248 Open the 'Lineup' menu and see the entire lineup. There's a check by the batter currently being scored. 47 of 248 Here we see the detailed scoring window. Notice that the first batter is Joe. 49 of 248 You can 'tap and hold' over different areas of the scoring window to get help on what to do. Here we're holding the stylus down over the 'G'. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 26 of 76

27 50 of 248 The two boxes are for scoring strikes. One subtle thing added in version 2.0 is support for scoring fouls and called strikes. 52 of 248 At the right is the 'on base' diamond. Here we hold the stylus down over home plate and see that '63 - Joe' is up to bat. Joe strikes out swinging. We score this by selecting the 'KS' menu at the bottom. 51 of 248 Here we've scored the first two pitches. The first strike was scored by simply tapping the box. The 'called' strike was scored by pressing the stylus down in the strike box, dragging down slightly, then releasing. It may take a bit of practice to get really good at the technique. 53 of 248 The out is reflected by the circled '1'. This indicates out number one. The comment next to the circled '1' is how the out occurred. At the top, K-ForCE puts a simple play summary. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 27 of 76

28 54 of 248 As soon as the out is scored, the 'on base' diamond changes. Home plate is now dark gray. Hold the stylus and '10 - Francis' is indicated. This is because Joe is no longer the batter. 56 of 248 Francis is called with a strike then a ball. On the thrid pitch he sends a fly ball into right field; and it is caught. Score the out by tapping '9' which represents the right fielder. A 'fly out' is presumed for outfielders. So 'F9' is recorded as the out comment. Notice the circled '2' indicating the second out. 55 of 248 Simply tap home plate (without holding down) and you're brought to the 'batter up'. 57 of 248 Accept the out comment by tapping an empty area of the window. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 28 of 76

29 Release the stylus to drop the 'F' at the location of the fly ball. The 'F' turns red. This indicates that the fly ball resulted in an out. 60 of 247 You can choose to hide the hit location by unchecking the box next to the 'G', 'L' & 'F'. The information is retained. It is just not displayed. 58 of 247 Some people like to record the location of the hit. To do this, drag the blue 'F' onto the field. 61 of 247 Check the box again and the red 'F' reappears. 59 of 247 Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 29 of 76

30 62 of 247 Juan received a foul, swinging strike and another foul ball. The two strike foul is represented by the '+' to the left of the ball & strike boxes. On the fourth pitch Juan hits a single into left field. We draw a line from home to first by tapping the gray box. The '1B' comment is filled in. 64 of 247 Again, indicate the hit location by dragging the 'G' into left field. This time the 'G' remains blue, which represents a safe hit. Also notice that first base is light gray. This means that we're currently scoring the runner at first base. 63 of 247 Some people like to indicate who fielded the ball. In this case, enter '7' by either tapping the '7' in left field, or by entering '7' using the soft keyboard (not shown). 65 of 247 In addition to using the 'on base' diamond to advance to the 'batter up', you can select 'Batter Up' from Lineup menu. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 30 of 76

31 66 of 247 Now we're scoring Jeff. The on-base diamond has first base as dark gray. If we tap and hold, we can see who's on first. 68 of 247 A line is drawn between home and first, with the comment 'FC'. The on-base diamond shows dark gray at home and light gray at first. What's odd is that K-ForCE currently has two players on first base. This really only happens on fielder's choice. 67 of 247 On the first pitch, Jeff hits into a fielder's choice. 69 of 247 Hold the stylus down on first base. As before, K- ForCE indicates who's on that base. In this case a menu appears with two players. Jeff is checked because that's who we're scoring. Select Juan to score the fielder's choice out. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 31 of 76

32 70 of 247 Here is Juan. We need to score him as out number three. 72 of 247 The shortstop threw the ball to the second baseman for the putout. Tap elsewhere on the window to accept the out comment. 71 of 247 Tap the shortstop '6' and out number three is scored and the out comment '6' appears. Also, notice that a half line is draw between first and second along with the number 18. This indicates that Juan was put out before reaching second during player number 18's at bat. 73 of 247 Notice that K-ForCE puts the dash into the '6-4'. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 32 of 76

33 74 of 247 Now tap and hold the stylus over home plate and 'Batter 1' appears as the batter who's up. This is because we have not entered the lineup for the home team yet. So K-ForCE doesn't know the batter's name or number. Tap home plate and you're taken to the home team's first batter. 76 of 247 A line appears with the 'HBP' comment. First base becomes gray; home becomes dark gray. 75 of 247 The batter is hit by the very first pitch. Score this by selecting the 'HBP' menu at the bottom. 77 of 247 Tap and hold the stylus over the '1' representing the pitcher. We see that Joe is the pitcher and has thrown one pitch. Tap home for 'batter up'. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 33 of 76

34 78 of 247 The first pitch to Batter 2 is a called strike; but we accidentally dragged too far down in an attempt to score the called strike. 80 of 247 The next pitch is a foul ball, followed by a wild pitch. The runner advances to second base. We can do this by dragging the runner from first to second. 79 of 247 That's OK. Just tap the ball '1' and the scoring of the pitch is undone. Now we can score the called strike again. 81 of 247 A menu appear asking for the reason for the base advancement. We select 'PB'. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 34 of 76

35 82 of 247 Now the runner is on second base. Wait! We just selected 'PB'. We should have chosen 'WP'. 84 of 247 Now that the runner is back on first base, we can drag him over to second again. 83 of 247 So drag the runner back to first (thus undoing the base advance). 85 of 247 This time we specify 'wild pitch'. Tap second base to see how it was scored. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 35 of 76

36 86 of 247 Here the 'WP' comment between first and second indicates that he advanced because of a wild pitch. Usually K-ForCE enters the batter's number after the 'WP'. This indicates which batter was up when the wild pitch occurred. Since we have not yet entered the lineup information for the home team, the comment is entered as simply 'WP'. 88 of 247 Now add the batter's number '12' to the 'WP'. 87 of 247 We can update the comment by tapping on the 'WP'. An edit window appears. We can manually modify the comment. 89 of 247 Once again, tap in an empty area of the window to accept the change. And go back to the batter up by tapping home plate. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 36 of 76

37 90 of 247 After two more balls, the batter hits a home run. Tap the box between third and home. 92 of 247 Drag the 'F' into right center field for the hit location. 91 of 247 The runner on second is automatically advanced home. Two RBI's are scored. Both runs are scored as earned runs. Tap in the window to accept the 'HR' comment. 93 of 247 Let's take some time between batters to enter some of the batting lineup for the home team. Click 'ok'. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 37 of 76

38 94 of 247 Here we see how the first two batters were scored (without all the details of course). 96 of 247 Number 4 is Hank. 95 of 247 Since we did not enter the player information in the 'Game Information' window, we can just enter it here. Up first is number of 247 Number 12 is Chuck. Notice that Hank is the only other player in the drop down list. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 38 of 76

39 98 of 247 Continue to enter Johnny, Max, Eric and Charles. No more time to enter more. Johnny is up already. So batter up. 100 of 247 Johnny strikes out swinging on three pitches for the first out. 99 of 247 Now we get player name and number. 101 of 247 Max strikes out swinging; but the third strike is dropped by the catcher. Max takes off. The catcher throws down to first; but the throw is off the mark. Max is safe at first. We see no menu item for 'dropped third strike'. So select the '>' menu item to see more menu selections. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 39 of 76

40 102 of 247 The additional menu selections are for lesser occurring plays. 104 of 247 A line is drawn with the comment 'KS E', leaving you to indicate which fielder committed the error. 103 of 247 Select 'KS E' to indicate that the runner reached on an error. 105 of 247 Tap the '2' just in front of home plate since it was a throwing error on the catcher. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 40 of 76

41 106 of 247 Tap on the window to accept the changes. This could have been scored as 'E2'; but the pitcher should be credited with a strike out even though the batter reached base safely. 108 of 247 The menu at the bottom stays shifted to the additional menu selections. Tap the '<' to switch back. 107 of 247 Batter up is Eric. First base is occupied by Max. 109 of 247 Eric flies out to left field. Max fails to tag up and is doubled up at first. The double play menu doesn't really cover this kind of 'DP'. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 41 of 76

42 110 of 247 So just score Eric as a standard fly out to left by tapping '7' in left field. Then tap first base (on the on-base diamond) to switch to scoring Max. 112 of 247 The '-' is placed into the comment leaving '7-3 DP'. Tap and hold over home plate and see that the next batter is '48 - Todd'. 111 of 247 Max is thrown out. Tap the circled three and enter '73 DP'. The partial line indicates that Max was put out during number 29's at bat. 113 of 247 Todd walks on six pitches. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 42 of 76

43 114 of 247 Ivan receives two balls. Then the third ball is a pass ball. The runner on first advances. Notice this time that the menu has the batter's number '59' following the 'PB'. This is the comment that will be entered for the advance. 116 of 247 Now select 'CS' on the menu. 115 of 247 On the next pitch, which is a called strike, Todd tries to steal third and is thrown out. So tap second base to score Todd. 117 of 247 The out is scored with 'CS' as the comment. Add the fielders involved in the put out: the catcher and the third baseman. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 43 of 76

44 118 of 247 Accept the changes. Again the '-' is inserted for you. Back to the batter up, Ivan. 120 of 247 Fred strikes out on the sixth pitch. So select 'K'. 119 of 247 He walks on the next pitch. 121 of 247 Mike walks on four pitches. Select 'BB' at the bottom. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 44 of 76

45 122 of 247 Fred is automatically advanced to second base. 124 of 247 Select 'PB 4' as the reason for the advance. 123 of 247 The first pitch to Dave is a pass ball. Both runners advance. Start by dragging Fred (at second) over to third. 125 of 247 Now drag Mike from first to second. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 45 of 76

46 As you can see, the advance was scored as '4'. This indicates that Mike advanced while number 4, Dave was at bat. We can modify the comment by tapping the '4'. 126 of 247 Don't select a menu item; just tap somewhere outside the menu. Even though it was a pass ball we have already scored a 'PB'. If we score another one, the fielding stats will reflect a second 'PB'. Tap second to see how this was scored. 128 of 247 We can enter 'pb' in lowercase to indicate that he advanced on a pass ball. Lowercase base comments are not counted when totalling the stats. So only one 'PB' is charged. 127 of of 247 Accept the change and batter up. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 46 of 76

47 130 of 247 Dave grounds out '6-3' to end the inning. 132 of 247 Select 'View Box Score...' to bring up the game stats. 131 of 247 Let's close the window and look at the stats. 133 of 247 Use the arrow at the top to scroll over to the home team fielding stats. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 47 of 76

48 134 of 247 Notice that the player numbers are sequential from one to nine. And the names are the nine positions. This is because we did not yet enter defensive positions for the home team. Highlight the catcher. 136 of 247 Here the visitor fielding stats include player names and number. Select 'ok' and close the window. 135 of 247 Notice that the 'PB' stat for the catcher is '2'. Remember, we had another 'PB' earlier in the game. So the stat is correct at '2'. 137 of 247 Select 'View Home Team' to switch scorecards to the home team. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 48 of 76

49 138 of 247 Scroll down and you see we still haven't entered the complete lineup for the home team. 140 of 247 Now scroll down (even though we're already at the bottom) and a thirteenth slot appears. 139 of 247 The home team is batting the order. So they have thirteen batters. But there's only room for twelve batters. No problem. Enter the twelfth batter. 141 of 247 Enter Manny as the thirteenth batter. Note: this is also how you enter more than nine innings of play. Once something has been scored in the ninth, just scroll to the right and three more innings will be allocated. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 49 of 76

50 142 of 247 The first batter in the bottom of the second is #51 Charles. 144 of 247 Cory hits an infield single to the second baseman. 143 of 247 Charles hits a ground ball to the third baseman, and is thrown out at first. 145 of 247 Drag the 'G' to indicate the hit location. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 50 of 76

51 146 of 247 Vin hits a single into left field. Notice that Cory was automatically advanced to second base. But Cory is quick and was able to make it to third on the hit. 148 of 247 Notice that the menu doesn't pop up (asking whether the advance was from a SB, PB or WP). This is because K-ForCE see that the next batter hasn't received any pitches yet. So the base advance must be from the single. Tap on third base to verify. 147 of 247 So indicate a line drive by dragging the 'L' into left field. Then drag Cory from second over to third base. 149 of 247 See that Vin's number 37 is the comment between second and third; and no comment is between first and second. This indicates that Cory advanced from first to third (without stopping at second) during #37's at bat. Back to batter up. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 51 of 76

52 150 of 247 Seth hits into an around the horn double play (' DP'). So select it from the 'DP' menu. 152 of 247 Tap and hold over home plate and we see that 'Joe' is up to bat next. So batter up. 151 of 247 Notice that Seth is recorded as the third out. Vin is automatically scored as the second out at second base. 153 of 247 Notice that a summary of Joe's previous at bat appears below his name. Joe struck out swinging in the first inning. This time he flies out on a foul ball to the catcher. Select the 'F' menu item. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 52 of 76

53 154 of 247 The out is recorded with an 'F'. Enter a '2' to indicate that the catcher made the out. 156 of 247 The next batter is Francis. Notice the red 'F' in right field? This is where Francis hit the ball on his previous at bat. It appears without the line drawn from home plate. That is what distinguishes it from a hit during the current at bat. 155 of 247 Drag the hit location 'F' to the place where the catch was made. It appears in red to signify the hit resulted in an out. 157 of 247 Francis hits a line drive into right field. The right fielder throw him out at first. Tap the circled '2' to indicate the second out. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 53 of 76

54 158 of 247 Enter '9' and '3' as the fielders who made the play. 160 of 247 Juan flies out to the shortstop for the third out. 159 of 247 Drag the 'L' to the location where the ball was fielded. 161 of 247 Drag the hit location 'F' to where the catch was made. Tap home to go to batter up. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 54 of 76

55 162 of 247 Brian walks on four pitches. 164 of 247 Larry hits a double into right field. Brian scores (K- ForCE handles this automatically). Ted scores too. K-ForCE only automatically advances him two bases, however. Larry is currently credited with one RBI. 163 of 247 Ted walks on five pitches. Notice that Brian is automatically advanced to second. 165 of 247 Identify the hit location. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 55 of 76

56 166 of 247 Hold down the stylus and see that Ted is on third. We need to advance him home. 168 of 247 Notice that the RBI is automatically incremented. 167 of 247 So drag him from third to home. 169 of 247 Tap and hold over home plate to see that Manny is up next. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 56 of 76

57 170 of 247 Before Manny gets up to the plate, the Comets decide to change pitchers. To make the substitution, close the at bat window. 172 of 247 Here is where the opposing pitcher is listed along with the Runs, Hits, Errors and number of players left on Base. 171 of 247 From the main scorecard window, select 'View Inning Totals'. 173 of 247 Here we substitute Alex for Joe. The Comets are NOT batting the roster (everyone on the team). They are using normal substitution rules. So Alex replaces Joe in the lineup. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 57 of 76

58 174 of 247 Tap elsewhere to accept the change. Again notice that the player number is automatically filled in. Also notice that there's no place for Position or Inning substituted. 176 of 247 Here we can see that Alex was put into the game at the third inning, after the third batter. It's rare, but a pitcher can be substituted DURING a player's at bat. In this case the Pitch Count would be used to indicate after which pitch the substitution occurred. But in this case it's just zero. 175 of 247 To view the substitution details, hold down the stylus on Alex. When the menu pops up, select 'Substitution Details...'. 177 of 247 Let's see how this substitution is reflected on the Comets scorecard. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 58 of 76

59 178 of 247 Here we see Alex substituted for Joe at pitcher in the third inning. 180 of 247 Manny hits a single into left field. The runner on second (Larry) is not automatically advanced. 179 of 247 On with the game: batter up. 181 of 247 Here we see that Larry is still on second base. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 59 of 76

60 182 of 247 Hank receives three pitches, then starts fouling pitches off. These two strike foul balls appear as '+'s. The seventh pitch is a ball. On the next pitch, Hank hits into a triple play. Use the '>' to see the additional menu. 184 of 247 This TP presumes that the ball was hit on the ground and the batter was the third out. So Hank is scored as out number three. 183 of 247 From here we can select 'TP'. 185 of 247 Fill in the fielders who participated in the triple play. No other outs are automatically scored, so we'll have to do that manually. Tap second base to score the first out in the triple play. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 60 of 76

61 186 of 247 The first out is an unassisted out by the third baseman. 188 of 247 Manny is the second out of the triple play. Score it '5-4'. 187 of 247 Now to Manny at first base. 189 of 247 Close the window by selecting 'ok'. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 61 of 76

62 190 of 247 It's time we fill in the fielding positions for the home team. We need to demonstrate how to do substitutions when the team bats the order. 192 of 247 Switch to viewing the Comets and we now see the pitcher Seth listed in the Inning Totals area. 191 of 247 Here we've left Vin and Ted without a positions. This is because we have thirteen batters and only nine position on the field. Some players are batting but not yet in the field. 193 of 247 At the top of the 4th inning, Ted takes over at pitcher. So we substitute him in the same way as we did for the Badgers. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 62 of 76

63 Switch to the Home team scorecard to see how the substitution was entered. 194 of 247 So Ted replaces Seth at pitcher. 196 of 247 Here we see Ted subbed for Seth in the 9th batting position. But because we're batting the order, we need Seth to remain in the game. The easiest way to do this is by using the cut & paste feature. 197 of 247 Tap and hold the stylus down over the substituted Ted. Select 'Cut'. 195 of 247 Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 63 of 76

64 198 of 247 Tap and hold the stylus down over the first sub spot under Ted. Select 'Paste'. 200 of 247 Now we need to indicate that Seth was taken out of the game. So sub him, for himself in the 4th inning; but leave his position blank. 199 of 247 Ted is listed a second time, but now with his position as pitcher, and he switched to pitcher in the 4th inning. 201 of 247 So here's what things should look like. Now batter up. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 64 of 76

65 202 of 247 Notice that Ted is the new pitcher, but hasn't thrown any pitches yet. 204 of 247 The fourth, 2 strike foul ball (and subsequent fouls) are recorded as the number of extra fouls as shown. 203 of 247 Jeff fouls a bunch of pitches off (as indicated by the '+++'). But what happens when there are too many '+'s to fit across the screen? 205 of 247 Jeff hits a double to center field. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 65 of 76

66 206 of 247 Drag the 'L' to indicate a line drive. 208 of 247 Indicate ground ball by dragging the 'G' to right field. And drag Jeff from second to third base. 207 of 247 Todd hits a ground ball single to right field. Jeff advances to third. 209 of 247 Here we see runners on first and third with no outs. Batter up. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 66 of 76

67 210 of 247 Ivan hits a triple into center field, scoring both base runners. 212 of 247 Fred hits a single into shallow left field. The runner at third has to hold up because the fly ball was nearly catchable. 211 of 247 Drag the hit location 'F' into left center. 213 of 247 Indicate a fly ball into shallow left field. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 67 of 76

68 214 of 247 Mike hits a home run scoring three RBIs. 216 of 247 We indicate this by marking Mike as the 'last batter'. Now tap and hold on home plate and Chuck appears as the next batter. Batter up Chuck (no pun intended). 215 of 247 Indicate the hit location with an 'F' in right field. Dave is the next batter. But this league has a five run per inning limit. So even though no outs were scored, the top of the inning is over. 217 of 247 So the home team is now up. Let's close the window and take a look at the stats. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 68 of 76

69 218 of 247 Select 'View Box Scores...'. 220 of 247 Notice that the home team pitching stats show Ted pitched 0.0 innings. But he just pitched the top of the 4th inning. What gives? Well, since he didn't get anyone out, he isn't credited for even a fraction of an inning. 219 of 247 Here are the visiting pitchers' stats. 221 of 247 Here are the visitor's batting stats. Let's copy them to the clipboard and paste them into Pocket Excel. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 69 of 76

70 Start Excel. 222 of of 247 Select 'Edit Paste'. 223 of 247 Create a new workbook. 225 of 247 And presto, the visitor's batting stats are pasted into Excel. Now you can create customized reports, change the sorting, reformat, transfer to your desktop computer etc. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 70 of 76

71 226 of 247 Back to K-ForCE. Let's view the scoreboard from the main window. 228 of 247 Chuck walks on seven pitches. 227 of 247 The score is still five to four. We're nearing the time limit for the game. So batter up. 229 of 247 Johnny hit a home run. He is credited with two RBIs. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 71 of 76

72 230 of 247 Indicate a fly ball into right center field. Let's also enter a comment. 232 of 247 Notice that the 'comment' button has an asterik next to it. This indicates that there is a comment for this play. View it by selecting the button. But now let's close the window. 231 of 247 Type a short comment regarding the play. 233 of 247 Select 'Tools Save' to save the game. The game is automatically named with the two team names and the date they played Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 72 of 76

73 234 of 247 We can add the game to the team's Season inside the Game Information window. 236 of 247 Select 'Add Game'. 235 of 247 We'll add the game to the Comet's season. So select 'Season'. 237 of 247 Browse and find today's game. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 73 of 76

74 238 of 247 Now that you've added the first game into the season, you will not have to bother with this process again. Once K-ForCE sees that you're tracking a season for the team, it will ask you when saving future games whether the game is part of the season and automatically add it if you choose. Close the Game Information window. 240 of 247 Select 'View Box Score...' 239 of 247 Let's take a look at the season stats. 241 of 247 Here are the visitor batting stats. Compare these to the visitor season batting stats (which should be the same since there is only one game in the season so far). Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 74 of 76

75 242 of 247 Here are the season stats, identical to the game stats. 244 of 247 Just a couple more things to show you. Here is the main scorecard view. We can see we're looking at the top of the order (as indicated by the lightly colored 1-4 along the left side). We can see the player's numbers; but we can't see their names. A quick way of viewing their names is to tap and hold the stylus over the '#' in the upper left corner. 243 of 247 Here are the home team's batting stats. It's blank because we didn't add the game to the home team's season. Maybe we just don't care about tracking that team. 245 of 247 This give us an easy way to see whose at bats we're viewing without scrolling over to the left and back again. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 75 of 76

76 246 of 247 Now I want to save a copy of the game. So we select 'Tools Save As...' 248 of 247 K-ForCE has noticed that we're tracking season stats for the Comets. But this isn't the second game of the season. It's just a copy of the game. So select 'No'. Future season games of the Comets can easily be added to the season stats (when you save the game) by answering 'Yes' when this dialog appear. 247 of 247 Type in 'copy of' in front of the file name, and select OK. Pointstreak K-ForCE Pocket PC Edition User Manual Page 76 of 76