Quote of the day
"It was kind of anti-climactic. But at that point, I don't think anyone wanted a re-do." -- Cleveland reliever Frank Herrmann, after the Indians won a 7-hour game on a bases loaded HBP in the 14th inningDaily blurb
Last spring, RotoHog moved their salary cap baseball game to within the Facebook framework, meaning the the game was ony accessible if you had a Facebook account. The interface was also changed, enough so that I was unable to adapt my data-gathering scripts to accommodate, at least in time for the start of the season. There didn’t seem to be any great hue and cry from the Gurupie community, so I just let it pass for baseball.
While the Facebook version will also be available for salary cap football (under the label of Fastpoint games), I have also discovered a branded version of the same game that exists outside of Facebook: Fireleague. The Fireleague interface is very similar to the “classic” RotoHog/TSN setup, so that I should be able to adapt my programs to get at salary and position data. Since this game will coexist with the Fastpoint Facebook game, it’s quite possible that player prices will be identical across the two platforms. That’s true for draft prices. But if you want to take advantage of the full range of RotoGuru tools – sortable stats, Assimilator, etc. - I suggest that you enter via the Fireleague portal.
The PGA Championship tees off early tomorrow morning. Get those foursomes set! Because this is a major tournament, a prize will be awarded to the tournament’s top bestball and worstball teams, and this will also be the final event in the Majors only Contest, which includes the results from just the four major tournaments.