Comments on: How would you customize the Busch Stadium scoreboard? http://www.fungoes.net/2009/03/06/how-would-you-customize-the-busch-stadium-scoreboard/ Official blog of the St. Louis chapter of SABR Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:03:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Liam http://www.fungoes.net/2009/03/06/how-would-you-customize-the-busch-stadium-scoreboard/comment-page-1/#comment-5345 Liam Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:13:59 +0000 http://fungoes.net/?p=1687#comment-5345 I'm just glad they fixed the trailing zero problem on the board. It took them into the second season before batting averages would stop coming up .28 instead of .280... I’m just glad they fixed the trailing zero problem on the board.

It took them into the second season before batting averages would stop coming up .28 instead of .280…

]]> By: Pitchers Hit Eighth http://www.fungoes.net/2009/03/06/how-would-you-customize-the-busch-stadium-scoreboard/comment-page-1/#comment-5344 Pitchers Hit Eighth Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:21:30 +0000 http://fungoes.net/?p=1687#comment-5344 I would be wary of a real-time WPA graph on the scoreboard. It would be great for fans to watch, but what happens the first time Chris Duncan looks up at that graph and realizes he's really under pressure? :) I would be wary of a real-time WPA graph on the scoreboard. It would be great for fans to watch, but what happens the first time Chris Duncan looks up at that graph and realizes he’s really under pressure? :)

]]> By: Pip http://www.fungoes.net/2009/03/06/how-would-you-customize-the-busch-stadium-scoreboard/comment-page-1/#comment-5342 Pip Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:57:22 +0000 http://fungoes.net/?p=1687#comment-5342 Dave at USS Mariner wrote <a href="http://ussmariner.com/2006/08/29/evaluating-pitcher-talent/" rel="nofollow">a helpful pitching-stats primer</a> a couple of years ago. Dave at USS Mariner wrote a helpful pitching-stats primer a couple of years ago.

]]> By: Pip http://www.fungoes.net/2009/03/06/how-would-you-customize-the-busch-stadium-scoreboard/comment-page-1/#comment-5340 Pip Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:51:30 +0000 http://fungoes.net/?p=1687#comment-5340 Yes, well, ERA is my nod to traditionalists. ;) It really doesn't bother me as much as some of the other 19th-century pitching stats, though to be sure, I'd rather display FIP/DIPS ERA. Gotta pick one's battles! As for WHIP, it's been a useful stat for the last couple of decades, but I prefer OBPA because it is plate-appearance-based. Since WHIP is based on outs made by anyone -- IP -- it contains noise like runners being thrown out on bases that has nothing to do with pitching skill. OBPA includes hit batters, of course, and it is more tied to what an individual batter does. Yes, well, ERA is my nod to traditionalists. ;) It really doesn’t bother me as much as some of the other 19th-century pitching stats, though to be sure, I’d rather display FIP/DIPS ERA. Gotta pick one’s battles!

As for WHIP, it’s been a useful stat for the last couple of decades, but I prefer OBPA because it is plate-appearance-based. Since WHIP is based on outs made by anyone — IP — it contains noise like runners being thrown out on bases that has nothing to do with pitching skill. OBPA includes hit batters, of course, and it is more tied to what an individual batter does.

]]> By: dave http://www.fungoes.net/2009/03/06/how-would-you-customize-the-busch-stadium-scoreboard/comment-page-1/#comment-5338 dave Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:30:10 +0000 http://fungoes.net/?p=1687#comment-5338 I'm surprised to see you willing to put ERA up on the board, though. Do you feel that's a legitimate pitching stat? I much prefer WHIP, though I have to admit I haven't fully come to understand FIP yet. I’m surprised to see you willing to put ERA up on the board, though. Do you feel that’s a legitimate pitching stat? I much prefer WHIP, though I have to admit I haven’t fully come to understand FIP yet.

]]> By: dave http://www.fungoes.net/2009/03/06/how-would-you-customize-the-busch-stadium-scoreboard/comment-page-1/#comment-5337 dave Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:54:06 +0000 http://fungoes.net/?p=1687#comment-5337 Every good idea for the scoreboard is also a good idea for on-screen display while watching the games. Especially with the higher-res and wider screens, why not put the win-probability on screen the whole game, a la CNN's live focus-group opinions during the debates? Maybe the answer is the fear people would turn away from the game if/when the likelihood of a win was too low. But it's not like that's happening anyway, in a lopsided game. Every good idea for the scoreboard is also a good idea for on-screen display while watching the games. Especially with the higher-res and wider screens, why not put the win-probability on screen the whole game, a la CNN’s live focus-group opinions during the debates?

Maybe the answer is the fear people would turn away from the game if/when the likelihood of a win was too low. But it’s not like that’s happening anyway, in a lopsided game.

]]> By: musial6 http://www.fungoes.net/2009/03/06/how-would-you-customize-the-busch-stadium-scoreboard/comment-page-1/#comment-5335 musial6 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:22:45 +0000 http://fungoes.net/?p=1687#comment-5335 It annoys me that they take down the out of town scores between innings to show ads. Is it too much to ask to keep them constantly rotating on at least one board? Really, I wish they'd just bone up and reinstate the manual scoreboard. It annoys me that they take down the out of town scores between innings to show ads. Is it too much to ask to keep them constantly rotating on at least one board?

Really, I wish they’d just bone up and reinstate the manual scoreboard.

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