This is the last of ten posts that have counted down to SABR Day 2011, going through the decades of the 20th Century, backwards from the 1990s. Next Saturday, on SABR Day itself, there will be a special feature on the 1890s, which will celebrate the significant link between keeping score and baseball history. This article will be published at 05:00 British time in order to coincide with the start of the day in the time-zone of the Cleveland-based SABR office. To view all the Cobbettes published to date, click here.

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