Would love some feedback and any ideas as to how to make it better, keeping in mind that this is meant to be single purpose and not at all bloated. Did I miss a stat that people really care about? Is the amount of information good enough?
One suggestion: After the initial team search, it would be nice to be able to browse the teams or games somehow. I liked the surprise of the score and description, and it would be cool to easily browse or view a random game or something like that.
http://developer.fanfeedr.com/
2400 API pulls a day for free and I think it includes all the major sports.
Link to the source: http://code.google.com/p/boxscore-junkie/
Question here from non-jerk Red Sox fan - whatever happened the Indians? I look at all the talent that club had over the last 10 years and it doesn't make any sense. Sabathia, Carmona, Lee, Hafner, Martinez, Sizemore... how come the Indians never got more done?
...oh, and at least you've still got Shin Soo Choo. That guy's a hell of a player. I'm visiting South Korea and everyone's crazy about him, I see more Indians hats than Sox or Yankees even.
CC and Lee were traded immediately after winning Cy Young Awards for prospects. That's not something you do when you want to keep a winning team together. Especially when the prospects you receive back have been less than thrilling so far.
Carmona seems to be running on the fumes and reputation of one successful season. Before that, he was a failed closer. Since then he's been up and down as a starter.
The Tribe sent Martinez to Boston because, while he's an awesome hitter, he's an average at best catcher and the team felt they had better prospects coming up behind him that would be cheaper (that's a recurring theme for the last decade or so).
The Indians are hampered by a cheap owner, an uninterested fan base, and a town that ranks them a solid #3 behind LeCavs and the Holiest of Holy Browns. Home attendance this year was right around 10,000 fans the last time I checked. The weather in Ohio hasn't been the best but that's still miserable for a team that had such a long sellout streak back in the day.
I like it, but I typed in Mariners and it said they play San Diego "on the road" tonight, but it's a Mariners home game. So either it's unclear that it's saying San Diego is on the road, or it's incorrect because I typed in Mariners and it should say "at home".
MLB.tv's scoreboard homepage shows everything on one page though. Not sure why I'd go somewhere else.
They are playing the Red Sox at home and their next game is tonight, not tomorrow.
The other bug is related to the fact that today's game data isn't in the feed yet. I have to be smarter about what I show in that sort of situation, which I'll be addressing this weekend.
Couple of things:
1) Maybe just show the box score instead of "click for details". Its not much detail, so it seems pointless to require the extra click.
2) Is it possible to see their previous games from this week? With MLB especially its easy to get 2 games behind.
Looking forward to you adding the other sports.
1) Are there more details that I should add? I'm hesitant to add more noise to the page, which is why I leave it hidden, but if enough people want it by default, I'll definitely change it.
2) I am storing the scores for each game I've captured, so it's definitely possible. I'll put it on the list of things to do.
Edit: Thanks to wikipedia, I realize that you want player stats for the game. The feed I get doesn't include them, so I'd have to use another source.
http://www.isthisgameworthwatching.com
for the same kind of reason, although mine is deliberately spoiler-free so you can find out whether or not you waste your time watching a tivo'ed game before you watch. For people who don't care about spoilers (or indeed even the score!), I like your idea a lot.
Something like http://www.didtheywinornot.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/feed.rss to go with http://www.didtheywinornot.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/
Aside, Show/tell/remind HN prefixes and not including a link drives me crazy.
http://www.google.com/search?q=phoenix+suns
But I like how straight forward your approach is. It's a good link to send to a parent.
but I didnt saw the "Show the details" before reading the comments. Maybe you can put it in red or underline..
I created a keyword bookmark 'dfeojm' so I wouldn't have to type the whole thing in. I'll probably just create a 'dtwon' bookmark if I end up using the site oten.