The Baseball Code

Beginning

Start your code with BsbC to signify The Baseball Code.

Favorite team (go*)

Use your team's abbreviation to show your affiliation.

Examples:

• goSEA denotes a Mariners fan
• goDET/SF denotes a Tigers and Giants fan

World Series (ws*)

Input the year of your team's most recent World Series win, or of your favorite World Series, etc. YY or YYYY is up to you. Feel free to put multiple years. Slashes (/) between the years or not is up to you.

If your team won more than one World Series back to back, feel free to add this at the end:

Examples:

• ws2016 denotes the Cubs’ win in 2016
• ws6986 denotes the Mets’ wins in 1969 and 1986
• ws72-74b3b denotes the Athletics 3peat from 1972 to ‘74
• ws19491950195119521953b2b2b2b2b denotes an annoying person (who is a fan of the Yankees' 1949-1953 5peat)

Favorite players (p***#)

Use the player’s team abbreviation before their player number. If they are retired or you want to denote a specific year, put .YYYY after their player number (YYYY being the year in question).

Examples:

• pTB13 denotes a favorite player of Junior Caminero
• pTEX34.1990/29.2012 denotes favorite players of Nolan Ryan in 1990 and Adrian Beltre in 2012, both on the Rangers
• pSF55.2008/NYM9/12/LAD8 denotes favorite players of Tim Lincecum on the Giants in 2008, AJ Ewing and Francisco Lindor from the Mets, and Kike Hernandez from the Dodgers

Fandom history (f*)

How long have you been a fan of baseball?

Playing history (b*)

When did you play baseball? Use = if you are still playing. Use * if you played softball.

Example:

• b+/%*= denotes someone who plays recreational softball, but used to play high school baseball

Games attended (g*)

How many MLB games have you been to? Feel free to instead insert the exact number of games you’ve attended.

Example:

• Someone who’s attended 679 games may have g++ or g679 or even g++(679)

Other sports (W*/I*)

Precede it with W to denote sports you watch.

Precede it with I to denote sports you play. Use * after each two-letter code if you do not currently play it.

Example:

• Wfb/bb Igf/bx* denotes somone who watches football and basketball, plays golf, and used to box

Team rivalries (fk*)

Use the team abbreviation of the teams you hate.

Example:

• fkMILdenotes someone who hates the Brewers

All done :-)

As an example, here's mine: