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Couldn't find a live audio broadcast to embed, but that would be ideal. Will add some sound effects soon, and also like the idea for key plays/events recap in case you miss anything.

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I'd love to see you grab the sound effects from something like the Super Batter Up for SNES. Somehow I think Bandai Namco is not monitoring the Internet for those samples -- at the very least MLB will be coming to ruin things before that happens anyway.

I can still hear those sound samples in my head, they have voice samples for: Play ball! Foul. Strike. Y'rOUT! Out. Safe! Home run!

Oh, and the ending bars of the US and Canadian national anthems. Which you could totally play just before the "Play Ball!" :)

Yes! Will check this out for inspiration.

Would also be neat to have public renditions of team songs played while the live crowd is singing.

"Go cubs go", "take me out to the ball game", etc

I'm listening to the Giants on the radio, and it looks like the data feed is about one pitch behind. (I suppose for gambling reason.) It would be neat if there was some way to sync a stream with the animation.

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