2015 Scoring

Complete Scoring for 2015

Individual Reporter Scoring

Coverage/Quantity: how much the reporter ended up wearing

+ appx # of coolers on reporter instead of player *2

+ up to 2 points for visible soaking of front

+ up to 2 points for visible soaking of back

+ up to 2 points for visible soaking of top/shirt

+ up to 2 points for visible soaking of pants

+ up to 2 points for visible soaking of hair

Damage: how much the dry cleaning bill would be

+ up to 4 for off colored liquid - dark on light clothes, staining

female wardrobe

+2 wearing heels +2 wearing a skirt + 2 wearing a dress

male wardrobe

+2 wearing a collared shirt +2 wearing a tie +2 wearing a suit coat

Publicity/Timing: how easy was it to score, how big of a game

+ up to 3 points rating of video coverage/availability

+ up to 3 points rating of photo coverage/availability

+2 postseason - including clinching celebrations

+4 all star game, spring training or another national broadcast/reporter who doesn't cover the team regularly

+4 world series

Bonus points: new ones to be added, scoring of last years included

+2 for second day in a row (+4 for the really unlucky third day in a row)

+3 for first day on job

+1or 2 for ruined/soaked styled hair

+2 for reporters own cooler

+2 for no hitter

+1 for perfect game

+1 for fall/dirt/field impact

+1 for away game

+1 for post cooler selfie/reaction

Reporter Escape Artist

reporter first accumulates 15 individual points

easily found video/photo evidence of an escape from a cooler scored:

+1 per cooler dodged

+1 for colored cooler dodged
+1 for celebrating/taunting escape

Reporter Drink Choice

Individual Reporter score added to year's cumulative score for Gatorade or Powerade

Team Scoring

ratings under 10 will not count unless there is a close race

victim and culprit's team gets the reporters score added to team points

once a team reaches 35 points, -2 for a reporter scoring less than 15

once a team reaches 15 points, Reporter Escape Artist points subtracted from score.

2015 Ice bucket challenge:

Must be done in ballpark or TV studio

up to 3 points for photo and video availability

up to 4 points for normal wardrobe (heels, dress, tie, suit)

up to 3 points for amount of water used

2015 Preview

Scoring changes from 2014 to this year:

** Ratings under 10 don't count.

** Team scoring change: once a team reaches 35 points, -2 for a reporter scoring less than 15

** Added some categories based on last year and increased some points for rarer events

     bonus changes: 

     +1 for fall/dirt/field impact

     +2 for no hitter  first used last year

     +3 perfect game, 

      up to +2 for post cooler selfie/reaction

     +1or 2 for ruined/soaked styled hair

     P/T change: +4 for national reporter/all star game/spring training

** New Award: Reporter Escape Artist:

After Alex Curry took the first soaking of last year, she dodged them throughout the year - agility that should be rewarded.

Scoring: once a reporter reaches 15 points and easily accessible/found video photo evidence shows them dodging a cooler (staying mostly/completely dry),they will get a point per cooler with a bonus point for a colored cooler. The team with the reporter who wins this category will be docked the number of points the reporter accumulated by dodging.

** New Award 2: Reporters Drink Choice

Powerade vs Gatorade! Each scoring event's points will be added to the cumulative for the respective company