Garcia's Blog 3/27/14- Play-by-Play Review
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 4:35 pmHey guys,
I know I've written about this before but I've seen this question come up on the forum a few times and also in e-mails and I think now is a good time to revisit this.
In the play-by-play you may see an inning such as this one:
First, the numbers before the batter's name tell us the out and baserunner situation before the at-bat begins. The first number listed is always the number of outs before the at-bat starts. If there are any numbers after that, they represent if there are any runners on base and which base they're on. After the result (in Raines' case "Walk"), the next batch of information shows what happened to the batter and any baserunner's during the play. "b-0" means the batter is out, "b-1" he went to first, etc. For baserunner's the "b" is replaced by which base the runner was on.
So let's take a look at this inning. Raines leads off so the only number preceding his name is 0 as there are no outs and no baserunners. He walks so "b-1" means the batter reached first. He then steals a base and reached second displayed by "1-2". When Ibanez bats, there are still no outs but now a runner is on second so the preceding numbers display 0 2. Ibanez flies out and is retired ("b-0") but Raines holds his base so nothing is displayed for him. Cruz flies out and again it shows "b-0" but this time Raines tags and advances, displayed by "2-3". Everett pops out to end the inning.
Now let's take a look at a non-standard inning.
Here Fregosi and Cater both single followed by Azcue's homerun. However only 2 runs were scored this inning. Let's take a closer look. Fregosi singled but the display shows b-0 and then Cater batting with 1 out. This is due to Fregosi getting thrown out on the basepaths. Although a display like this would happen most often with baserunners going from 1st to 3rd, 1st to home, or 2nd to home, it can also happen when a batter tries to stretch a hit into an extra base. Here Fregosi tried to get a double but was thrown out at 2nd base. Although he is out, he is still credited with a single.
The same thing is displayed while watching a game replay. There, the results of the baserunners are shown below "Single" while the base and out situation are shown are the field.
Following up on our tournaments, the Barnstormer's playoffs are rolling along. rburgh's "Zombies" swept the Semi-Finals and are waiting to see who they play for the Title. springer0432's "Zihuatanejo Anglers" split the first two games of the series with BruceF's "Tomsk Stephanos" but then took the next two games to take a 3-1 series lead. "Tomsk" fell behind in Game 5 but tied it up in the 7th and then took advantage of an error to knock in the winning run in the top of the 10th to keep their season alive. 1968 Luis Tiant will try to force Game 7 against 1965 Sandy Koufax.
The Players Championship is also in the Finals. You can find the league here. This one just started and is only nine games in but you can find more updates when the league is closer to finishing here.
Our last active tournament from 2013 is just about to begin the Finals. The qualifying participants were just decided last night as RangerJoe clinched the 12th and final spot with a nail-biting Game 7 Championship victory in Event 4.
Congrats to everyone still participating in these tournaments!
That's all I have for this week. As always if anyone has any questions please e-mail us at onlinegamesupport@strat-o-matic.com. Have a great weekend everyone!
-John
I know I've written about this before but I've seen this question come up on the forum a few times and also in e-mails and I think now is a good time to revisit this.
In the play-by-play you may see an inning such as this one:
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0 T.Raines 2-4 Walk b-1 F9
Stolen Base 1-2 F9
0 2 R.Ibanez 3-5 Fly Out (RF) b-0 F9
1 2 D.Cruz 4-5 Fly Out (RF) 2-3 b-0 F9
2 3 C.Everett 5-10 Pop Out (C) b-0 catch-x F9
BOTTOM OF INNING 1
First, the numbers before the batter's name tell us the out and baserunner situation before the at-bat begins. The first number listed is always the number of outs before the at-bat starts. If there are any numbers after that, they represent if there are any runners on base and which base they're on. After the result (in Raines' case "Walk"), the next batch of information shows what happened to the batter and any baserunner's during the play. "b-0" means the batter is out, "b-1" he went to first, etc. For baserunner's the "b" is replaced by which base the runner was on.
So let's take a look at this inning. Raines leads off so the only number preceding his name is 0 as there are no outs and no baserunners. He walks so "b-1" means the batter reached first. He then steals a base and reached second displayed by "1-2". When Ibanez bats, there are still no outs but now a runner is on second so the preceding numbers display 0 2. Ibanez flies out and is retired ("b-0") but Raines holds his base so nothing is displayed for him. Cruz flies out and again it shows "b-0" but this time Raines tags and advances, displayed by "2-3". Everett pops out to end the inning.
Now let's take a look at a non-standard inning.
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BOTTOM OF INNING 2
0 J.Fregosi 5 Single b-0 F9
1 D.Cater 5 Single b-1 F9
1 1 J.Azcue 2 Home Run 1-H b-H F9
1 R.Culp 6 Ground Out b-0 F9
2 P.Rose 2 2 Base Error - CF b-2 F9
2 2 N.Fox 4 Ground Out b-0 F9
Here Fregosi and Cater both single followed by Azcue's homerun. However only 2 runs were scored this inning. Let's take a closer look. Fregosi singled but the display shows b-0 and then Cater batting with 1 out. This is due to Fregosi getting thrown out on the basepaths. Although a display like this would happen most often with baserunners going from 1st to 3rd, 1st to home, or 2nd to home, it can also happen when a batter tries to stretch a hit into an extra base. Here Fregosi tried to get a double but was thrown out at 2nd base. Although he is out, he is still credited with a single.
The same thing is displayed while watching a game replay. There, the results of the baserunners are shown below "Single" while the base and out situation are shown are the field.
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B2 J. Fregosi Single
b-0
Following up on our tournaments, the Barnstormer's playoffs are rolling along. rburgh's "Zombies" swept the Semi-Finals and are waiting to see who they play for the Title. springer0432's "Zihuatanejo Anglers" split the first two games of the series with BruceF's "Tomsk Stephanos" but then took the next two games to take a 3-1 series lead. "Tomsk" fell behind in Game 5 but tied it up in the 7th and then took advantage of an error to knock in the winning run in the top of the 10th to keep their season alive. 1968 Luis Tiant will try to force Game 7 against 1965 Sandy Koufax.
The Players Championship is also in the Finals. You can find the league here. This one just started and is only nine games in but you can find more updates when the league is closer to finishing here.
Our last active tournament from 2013 is just about to begin the Finals. The qualifying participants were just decided last night as RangerJoe clinched the 12th and final spot with a nail-biting Game 7 Championship victory in Event 4.
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1. sphilipp8 430
2. LMBombers 399
3. ths92110 394
4. ggrover15 390
5. hallerose 388
6. cabobob 385
7. Lee300 384
8. HoustonMetFan 383
9. Delbird 381
10. franky35 377
11. Ducky 376
12. RangerJoe 373
Congrats to everyone still participating in these tournaments!
That's all I have for this week. As always if anyone has any questions please e-mail us at onlinegamesupport@strat-o-matic.com. Have a great weekend everyone!
-John