Comments on: Live Twitter Feeds (Beta)

By: cliff.ly

cliff.ly — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 22:03:34 +0000

Why were these shut down? MLB complaint?

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 20 May 2010 16:37:22 +0000

was really hoping to be able to follow these this year again. even created a separate twitter account just for this purpose.

please!

By: Charles

Charles — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 23:51:57 +0000

Looks like they aren’t updating with the new season, really wish we could fix them as it was my only way to get up-to-date information at work…

By: eriqjaffe

eriqjaffe — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:22:11 +0000

Are these still working?

By: Mike H

Mike H — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:04:10 +0000

It would be awesome if we could get a twitter feed of all events with a WPA swing over a certain threshold. A cool way to keep up with important plays.

By: kris

kris — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:52:09 +0000

logic:

if the string is greater than 140, enter loop, have all your shorthand in an array, and go through and replace double, with dbl, run scored, with RS, etc etc or basically whatever words repeat themselves in long strings — make up a short hand, and then just use a straight replace within the string.

If you prune the sucker enough, it oughta fit.

Your example: 10 Percent Win, 2 Out, (remove first name) Payton FO (instead of flies out) to 2B (instead of second base). RS (run scored). 4-2 BAL.

I’d really only call it if the string was greater than 140 characters, but it seems like as good of an idea as any?

By: Sky

Sky — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:19:49 +0000

So you’re outputting a string and taking the first 140 characters for the Twitter feed, I guess? Why not calculate how long the string is for all the non-even stuff, then include 140-x characters of the event description. Same info, different order.

By: David Appelman

David Appelman — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:01:32 +0000

Well… this is more of a technical thing because the play descriptions can occasionaly be long, especially if multiple events happen. And with the 140 character limit, I’d like to get the important stuff in there, and then cut off some of the play if necessary.

I don’t really know what’s more important, the play or the game state? Because the game state will be lost sometimes, and with the way it is, you’ll always get at least the last play on the full feed.

By: Sky

Sky — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:56:39 +0000

Also, how about putting the event description first, followed by base-out situation, score, inning, and win probability. If listing the change in WP, put it right after the event description.

Assuming I’m following the whole game via the Twitter feed, I want to see the stuff that changes most frequently first.

By: David Appelman

David Appelman — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:31:30 +0000

Looks like everything is working so far! I’m following the mets game right now.