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Show HN: An 8-bit live gamecast for baseball

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Re: Show HN: An 8-bit live gamecast for baseball

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Post by elicash »

daynthelife wrote: post #79

I love this! If I were to suggest any improvements: - Have a play-by-play view so users can see plays they missed - Make the "between innings" tabs clickable rather than forcing users to wait for the cycle (cycle by default, pin if user clicked a tab) - show glove on right hand for outfielders that throw LH - maybe show baserunners taking leads rather than keeping a foot on the base

> Have a play-by-play view so users can see plays they missed

I'd like this not as a timeline scrub but as a back button.

Re: Show HN: An 8-bit live gamecast for baseball

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Post by jimmydddd »

This is great. The 8-bit aesthetic fits great with baseball. Reminds me a little of the old Backyard Baseball video game. I was thinking about using the feed to ring a bell in my home every time my team (NY Mets) scores a run. But this a a much better use of the data feed.

Re: Show HN: An 8-bit live gamecast for baseball

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Post by aidenn0 »

tiahura wrote: post #30

Awesome. do the mlb streams flag a challenge?

Completely OT, but something occurred to me recently, and I haven't seen it happen yet this season so I don't know the rule:

- Bases empty

- There are two strikes

- The catcher fails to catch the ball, but umpire calls it a ball.

- Catcher challenges, and it is overturned to be a strike.

Can the batter attempt to run to first base? Without the challenge he can, but how does the challenge affect things? Can he start running to first if he anticipates a challenge (or just thought it was a strike on his own and didn't wait for the umpire to call it)?

Re: Show HN: An 8-bit live gamecast for baseball

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Post by tcbawo »

pawptart wrote: post #62

Always love to see new baseball visualizations. Not necessarily a big fan of AI art, but it's cool how dynamic it is. Some constructive criticism: I think using a real pixel font and maybe writing a deterministic downsampling algo for the images instead of relying on AI would go a long way to make this look better. Not to hijack your thread but in case anyone's interested in a physical scoreboard built on top of the…

I was somewhere recently where the World Cup games were on the TV, but the current score was also on what appeared to be a split-flap board mounted to the wall. Seeing your post had me look up commercial availability of these (it seems they exist, but are pricy). Serving up baseball scores in that kind of display would be pretty cool.
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