Oh My God Baseball Reference Is Amazing

by JD Arney on May 11, 2007 7:53 AM EDT in News

With daily updated stats. Unbelievable.

Ahem. Sorry about the cat thing. Seemed appropriate.

Make sure to check out the new BR front page too. Pitcher and batter game scores, pitching matchups, standings ... I don't really see much of a need to go to ESPN anymore.

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Wow

Thanks for the links. I have been checking b-r more frequently with the in-season stats, game logs and splits. Even more features now. Very, very nice!

2-0 count: one pitch, one zone

by rojosoto on May 11, 2007 9:43 AM EDT reply actions

that if you've got a little money to blow and you like to answer questions just for the fun of it, throw money down on the BR subscription. It's such a good product that I'd stake my reputation on it, and Sean Forman deserves to make lots of money off of it. It's not just the depth of the data, it's the speed with which it returns. It's faster and better than anything that any of the big media sites put together.

2007 Reds Threat Level is Blue

by Slyde on May 11, 2007 11:17 AM EDT reply actions

I have a problem with BR's expanded standings.

A problem as in I can easily lose twenty or thirty minutes every six hours examining them.

Check out the Reds "luck" (which is based on Bill James's pythag formula which can suposedly give a better indicator of what a team's win-loss record should be.) The Reds have the worst luck in the Major Leagues. Literally. (Our boys are at -4 and only two other teams are even at -3.)

And enough with the damn cats and kittens!

"I'm selling hand-tied vegetable-dyed oriental style rugs at 70% off. Mention that you are a RED REPORTER and I'll give another 15% reduction!" ~Virgil J Bench

by Alan @ Red Reporter on May 11, 2007 12:51 PM EDT reply actions

Amen

The improvements to B-R are simply stunning. I find something new (and awesome) every day. I'm actually afraid to subscribe, because I can't process the free information, let alone bonus coverage. And Slyde, I'm going to replace my ESPN tab with a B-R tab right now.

(One thing I haven't found, which ESPN has: In-season sortables?)

by cggarb on May 11, 2007 1:01 PM EDT reply actions

Chris

It's not as easy to get to on BR, but it's there. To get the full list, you have to have a subscription, but I can save the report to show you (another awesome feature for really complicated queries).

Here are the 2007 home run leaders. Some bum named Rodriguez is first. Some fat-ass named Dunn is second.

2007 Reds Threat Level is Blue

by Slyde on May 11, 2007 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions

My first MLB game

Expos beat the Reds. Johnny Bench was playing 3rd base. Frank Pastore on the mound. Oester and Concepcion manning the double play combo up the middle.

Gary Carter hit 2 HR's for the bad guys, driving in all 4 Expos runs. One homerun dropped right in front of us in LF (remember the big gap they used to have between the seats and the wall?) The Reds couldn't touch Steve Rogers.

Reds lost, but they were then and always have been my favorite team.

2-0 count: one pitch, one zone

by rojosoto on May 11, 2007 1:08 PM EDT reply actions

My first MLB game....

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CIN/CIN199109010.shtml

by bigjas on May 11, 2007 2:42 PM EDT reply actions

I like the cat pics

Better than gigantic girl scouts or gigantic bazongas.

More cat pics!!!!

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named "Bubba"?

by BubbaFan on May 11, 2007 5:12 PM EDT reply actions

Who's drinking in tonight's game thread?

"I'm selling hand-tied vegetable-dyed oriental style rugs at 70% off. Mention that you are a RED REPORTER and I'll give another 15% reduction!" ~Virgil J Bench

by Alan @ Red Reporter on May 11, 2007 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions