Quote of the day
"That's one of the neat things about our career -- it's so long. We have the opportunity to play basically 30 years solidly at a high level. We have very expansive careers and I feel like I'm basically right in the middle of mine. I have a lot of good years ahead of me, and I'm excited about this week." -- Tiger Woods, 37, prior to his 20th Masters Tournament Daily blurb
One popular dailybaseballdata.com feature is the production of consolidated live daily stats for all MLB games. Yesterday, that routine fell flat for a combination of unusual technical reasons.
It's been corrected now, and steps have been taken to avoid that specific issue in the future. Of course, there are still thousands of other things that can go wrong, so there are no guarantees, other than that I'll do my best to keep this routine functioning properly, no matter how badly the server tries to foul things up.
If you downloaded the CSV output version of the program prior to 9am ET this morning, you should probably download it again. Also, be aware that when games are postponed after starting lineups have been posted, this routine will continue to show those players in pregame status. For example, lineups for the Cleveland-NY game are included in yesterday's listing. Of course, those players have no stats - but if you are using the download for any statistical analysis, you may need to compensate for that. Forewarned is forearmed!
Turning to golf: The Masters teed off at 8am this morning, and as of this moment (11:38 am), Tiger has gone par-par. For GuruGolf, only about 5% of foursomes include Tiger, no doubt because of his hefty pricetag. Converely, 30% of foursomes have Fred Couples, who tees off at 1:08. At this stage of the GuruGolf season, some cheapies are necessary, and Couples is the dominant choice this week, priced at about 44% of Tiger’s price.