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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Scorecard: July 26, 2011 Orioles at Blue Jays - Game 1 of 3




From Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario,

Canada
Baltimore Orioles
(40-58)
Manager: Buck Showalter
@
Toronto Blue Jays
(51-51)
Manager: John Farrell
Game 1 of 3
First pitch: 7:07 PM EST




Starting Pitchers
Baltimore - Jake Arrieta
Toronto - Brandon Morrow

Umpires
Home - Gary Darling
1B - Bruce Dreckman
2B - Al Porter
3B - Rob Drake

Weather
Temp: 21C | 70F
Mostly Sunny
Wind: NW 32 km/h gust 46 km/h
(left field corner to right field line)

Ugly game.

But baseball's not what consumed me tonight. Tonight was about the tools that make the scorecard happen - the new craft of scorkeeping in the IT age...


A Review of Blogger.com's New Interface

This is my first scorecard using the new Blogger interface. It loads FAST, and comes back for another edit FAST.

I 'm using FireFox 3.6.17 Browser to score with this scorecard - because an error in the coding of that browser reads 'text background color' as, 'background color' - and that allows me to score with colour notations (the little coloured triangles). I'll bet it would be even faster in FireFox5.

I've asked the Blogger in Draft Team to add a background color widget - no response, and no indication that they're working on it. Don't know how much call there would be for it... . Do you want to change background colours all the time - and have to head into the html to do it? :) If so click the feedback button and let them know please.

Meanwhile the Minima II scorecard is moving furhter and further away from blogger combatablity, soon I'll be designing and coding a web site to hold it - and that has got me thinking...


Blogger could be SO much more...

All this has allowed me re-envision what I like to call, The Uber-App, an interface for the internet that allows all the interfaces and social tools to work together in one place, seamlessly.. (I've mused about the Uber-App at one of my other blogs - link.)

As I'm imagining it now, the Uber-App would be a blogging interface, a code editing interface (like Notepad++), with video edit, chat, email, Skype, draw graphic design and so on  -  all on one page. As well, the Uber-App would be a programmable interface - so if I wanted a widget that changed background colours for example, I could build it and place it in my widget box in the form of a button.

So instead of going the Word Press route as Blogger in Draft Team has done - with more and more objects and JavaScript (which slows everything, and is quirky, and funnels users into a populist design that is constantly changing anyway) - rather, the new blog would be a multi-functional node that allows all interface technology in - configured the way the user chooses to lay it out - to fit the job they're doing with it.

Easier said than done - but I think we have to assume a better code literacy in the future than we are imagining right now. I see people being able to juggle several functioning elements in speech; I think this is going to develop - and not just in speaking and writing - but in the way we work with knowledge workers tools.

The craft of communication is going to specialize, the way carpenters, stone masons and plumbers crafts became magical to non-crafts-people over the 400 years of the industrial revolution. The Uber-App will be the hammer that all the trades use - but now specialized in each trade so that the "ball-pein" hammer that blacksmith's, engineer's or machinist's use is completely different from a carpenters hammer.

What do you think?


Michael



Line ups and pitching totals assistance from ESPN - Box Score.
Colour Legend
(as of this date)
Neon Green is a Base Hit
Forest Green is a runner advanced by a Base Hit or a Sacrifice
Yellow is Intentional Base on Balls, Defensive Indifference, a Sacrafice or Fielder's Choice
Red is an out
Pink are un-earned bases - Wild Pitch, Passed Ball or an Error
Neon Blue is a Stolen Base
Navy Blue is a base earned via a Hit or a Sacrifice, that results in a Run Scored





The Scoring Notations

BB
Base on Balls - Batter to first base because the umpire ruled that pitched ball was the forth pitch of the at-bat out of the strike zone
HBP
Hit By Pitch - Batter is ruled by the umpire to have been hit by pitch - awarded one base
BH
Base Hit - Batter-runner safe at first base via a hit ball
2BH
Two Base Hit - Batter-runner safe at second base via a hit ball
3BH
Three Base Hit - Batter-runner safe at third base via a hit ball
HR
Home Run - Batter-runner safe at home plate via a hit ball
RBI
Run Batted In - via a SAC, a BH or a BB - a run scores
RS
Run Scored.
SAC
Sacrifice - With less than two outs the batter causes a base runner to advance but in the process, is put out
FC
Ball hit on the ground, fielded and a put out made anywhere but at 1B
DI
Defensive Indifference - A baserunner advances because the defence, for strategic reasons, does nothing
IBB
Intentional Base on Balls - The defences decides to walk a batter for strategic reasons













SB
Stolen Base - Base runner advances on a pitched ball despite the defence's best efforts
CS
Caught Stealing - A baserunner is put out while tring to advance on a pitch
K
Called third strike - Batter out because the umpire ruled that with two strikes in an at-bat, a pitched ball was in the strike zone
Ks
Batter out, swinging third strike
IFR
Infield Fly Rule - A ball popped up on the infield that an umpire rules is easily catch-able - batter-runner is out, the ball is dead
LO
Ball caught that was hit so hard it appears like the vector was a straight line
GO
Ball hit on the ground, fielded and the batter-runner is put out at 1B
FO
A high arching hit ball caught on the fly by a fielder
E
The defence allows runners to advance because of less than stallar play
Eth
The defence allows runners to advance because of less than stallar throw
WP
Wild Pitch - a pitched ball that bounces in and is not caught by the catcher and that results in a runner advancing
PB
Passed Ball - a pitched ball that doesn't bounce and is not caught by the catcher and that results in a runner advancing













pop
A ball hit in a high arch such that the distance travelled up is greater than the distance travelled from the plate
GR
To prevent injury, "Ground Rules" define what hit or thrown balls are in, and out of play - announced before each game by the home team manager
f
Hit ball caught in foul territory - for example "FO3f" - Fly Ball caught by First Base, foul
op
Out of Play - for example "FO5op", Fly ball caught by Third Base across the railing in the stands, or in the camera bay...
BRIF
Base runner is out for interfering with the defence while they're making a play on a batted ball
Kf2
Foul tip with 2 strikes, caught by catcher - strike three
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Box Score - Final
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
Runs
Hits
Errors
LOB
Baltimore Orioles
0
2
2
3
3
0
0
2
0


12
16
1
8
Toronto Blue Jays
0
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
0


4
9
1
9
Baltimore Orioles
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
AB
R
H
BB
SAC
RBI
SO
HBP
LOB
2BH
3BH
HR
AVG
PO
A
E
1.  J Hardy SS



























































FO8













































































RS



RBI



HR7





BC




























RS



2RBI



HR
#9 1,H








































PB #9 2,3
FB8 deep
FO8
#9 3,H
Camp out



















































































FO8
/




















































































6-3



























































































































































2.  N Markakis RF



















































Ks













































































RS







BB





CSBB
X



































4-3




















Janssen +





















BH8
































































































































FO9 deep!






































































































































































































3.  A Jones CF



















































Ks
/




















































































FO9





X
























SB











BH7


Morrow out







































FO9
/































































































































LO! 4






































































































































































































4.  V Guerrero DH






















































































RS







BH8










































FO7





S>X














S. Camp




















#3 1,2
5-3





















































































3UA
















































BBBC
B













Ashby going on and on about how good Ledezma is looking...















RS



BB






































































































































































































5.  M Wieters C






















































































RS







BH9









































GB3(4)
3-1
(E1 missed the bag)
#2 1,2


BX




































4-3
/




















































































K
















































C*BX




























RS



2RBI



HR7






































































































































































































6.  D Lee 1B


























































































2RBI



2BH7(8)
#4 2,H
#5 1,H




































RBI



BH8
#2 2,H
#5 1,2











































































RS







BH8










































2BH7
















































CBBS
BB



































BB






































































































































































































7.  M Reynolds 3B






























































































6-3










































Ks
/




















































































Ks










































4-3
/















































BBCX




































FO9
/





































































































































































































8.  N Reimold LF






























































































K
















































X




























RS







HR


































RS



RBI



2BH8
(E8 - to the wall)
#6 1,H





























































Ledezma +





















Ks































































Francisco +





















FB9 line
FO9!


























































































































































9.  R Andino 2B






























































































Ks
/















































BFFX




























RS







BH7























PB










RS



RBI



2BH8
(E8 - to the wall)
#8 2,H
















































































Ks





















































































6-3



























































































































































Per-Inning Totals
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
Totals
Runs
Hits
Errors
LOB
0
0

0
2
3

1
2
2

2
3
4
0
1
3
4
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0












Orioles' Pitching Totals
IP
H
R
ER
BB
K
HR
P/S
ERA
Jake Arrieta
5.0
5
4
4
2
4
2
103/63
5.12
Jason Berken
1.0
2
0
0
1
0
0
17/10
5.23
Mark Hendrickson
1.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
13/7
5.14






























Toronto Blue Jays
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
AB
R
H
BB
SAC
RBI
SO
HBP
LOB
2BH
3BH
HR
AVG
PO
A
E
1.  Y Escobar SS



















































BH8
















































CX























RS







BH5
E5th (9)




BCCX




































1-3
/



















































































WP #8 1,2
BB
















































X




































FO8
/





































































































































































































2.  E Thames RF







































FC











BB
#1 1,2















































CCBF
S



































Ks





















































































GB3(4)
3-1 !!!









































LD! 3
LO3 :(
/






























































































































FO8



























































































































































3.  J Bautista 3B
3rd PH  J. MacDonald (for Bautista hit by pitch - in the head)


















































pop
FO4















































SFB




























RS







HBP
(PR)




















































































6-3





















































































pop
FO3




















































































5-3



























































































































































4.  A Lind 1B



















































FO8
















































CBBX




























RS



3RBI



HR7
#1 2,H
#3 1,H



















































































BB





















































































6-3





















































































3-1
/


























































































































































5.  E Encarnacion DH



















































GB6
FC 6UA
#2 out
/













































BSBX




































pop
FO5f



















































































GB1
off his shoe, right to 1st Base 1-3
/



















































































BH7

















































































































































































































































6.  T Snider CF






























































































1-3





BSSB
BS



































Ks
/









































































































Berken +





















BH9










































K
/
















































































































































































































































7.  A Hill 2B


















































































FC











BH7
















































BCFB
BX























RS



RBI



HR





















































































pop
FO6















































BX




































FO9 short






































































































































































































8.  C Patterson LF


















































































SB











GB1
FC 1-4(6?)
#7 out














































CFFX
































4-3





















































































BH7
















































BX



































1-5-3
GB1 (off his leg right to 3rd Base 5-3)





































































































































































































9.  J Molina C





























































































#8 1,2
K
/















































SBBF
BFC



































K





















































































FO9
#6 2,3















































FFBB
X



































BH7






































































































































































































Per-Inning Totals
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
Totals
Runs
Hits
Errors
LOB
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
3
2
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
3
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0












Jays' Pitching Totals
IP
H
R
ER
BB
K
HR
P/S
ERA
Brandon Morrow
3.1
9
7
6
1
5
3
90/62
4.71
Shawn Camp
1.1
4
3
3
0
1
0
24/17
5.24
Casey Janssen
1.1
2
0
0
0
1
0
14/12
3.00
Wil Ledezma
2.0
1
2
2
2
2
1
36/19
9.00
Franl Francisco
1.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9/4
5.16










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