With the wind blowing out, and really blowing at times, there were high hopes for a slugfest on this wiffie Wednesday. However, it turned out the wind was pushing a thunderstorm our way and only three innings were played before the Commissioner called the contest for rain, declaring that it "does count."
A ruling I'm sure that pleased Laura Hume, who lowered her season's ERA to 112.50, allowing only 5 runs in her inning on the mound. Tim Baker gave one of those back - a run that should be charged to Stats as he dropped Glen's fly ball and it went for a home run. This seems to be a theme for Matt - raising his teammates' ERAs.
Well, then the rain came, and it was a doozy. Turned Wiltshire Boulevard into this:
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| Official Scorer Emma Lindsay wades down Wiltshire Blvd. |
With my extra time in the evening I began to peruse the Google Docs Blog exploring the possibilities of using an online form, accessible even on a mobile device, to do real-time play-by-play data entry from the wiffle field. With a pivot table feature the stats could update automatically after each at bat. (!!)
It seems pretty doable. With a little study and time I could create .. something unspeakably nerdy. Please, pull me back from this ledge.
Eric, Matt, Tim - 5
Glen, Kurt, Laura, Peter - 1
W: Lindsay
L: Hume
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How ironic! Kurt, Pete and I wrote Nance Bradds earlier in the week to see if we could install a permanent press-box on the roof above the dugout. This would be a perfect place for use of the technology you describe. We also asked about vending machines. This too seems doable. Incredible! Three great ideas in one week.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't sound nerdy to me. Depraved, possibly. Obsessive, definitely.
ReplyDeleteIf we hired a robot, it could do all the stats immediately, accurately without needing beer and it could probably make some of those impossible catches in the outfield!
ReplyDeleteRobots have to be HIRED? I thought SB 5 took away their employment rights.
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