Matt Garza No Hitter

I like this baseball news format, all 27 outs - and that is all.




Thanks to:

Youtube user mlboddities

And also, "2010 MLB Advanced Media" (who will take this down because they listen to their lawyers more than their gut...)




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Toronto Blue Jays v Detroit Tigers - Game 2, A Live Blog at the "Internet Baseball Score Card Blog"

Live Score Card Blog
Toronto Blue Jays v Detroit Tigers
Toronto Blue Jays SP Shaun Marcum (8-4, 3.36 ERA)
Detroit Tigers SP Rick Porcello (4-7, 5.63 ERA)
7:07 PM EDT, July 23, 2010
Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan

I'll be there with a Live Score Card Blog.

To watch this Live Blog go to "The Internet Baseball Score Card Blog". Blogging starts at 7:00 PM EDT

---> Toronto Blue Jays v Detroit Tigers - Live Score Card Blog - Game 2/4. <---



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I can't believe he's a Major League Announcer!

This on-going series of blogs doesn't have to be about the things Pat Tabler says - but it probably will be...

Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - Toronto Blue Jays at the Kansas City Royals:

"Whatever that was, it worked!"

Scott Podsednik executes a beautiful swinging bunt for a base hit, fielded nicely by Casey Jansen, throw is great - but late.

Blue Jay dead

Blue Jay shot dead in Toronto by 9 men with RBI-less rifle, police investigating - more at 11:00. :)



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Fairmount Park Pick-up Baseball on Sunday Morning

Every Sunday at 10:00 AM a group of guys and gals from the neighborhood gather at Fairmount Park to play a game of pick-up ball.

Photo: Chris F. A. Johnson via Woodbine & Gerrard.com


Google Earth view

This Sunday I went 5 for 6 with 4 runs scored and I'm not sure how many RBI, around 5 or 6 I think. I'm a singles hitter and my batting average goes up with runners on. The team I was on fell short in our ninth inning comeback bid, losing 19-23. At the top of the 7th we were down by 11 runs.

The 'League' that right now consists of the two teams, has a mercy rule. In effect until the 8th inning, teams cannot score more than 5 runs/inning. That rule kept us in the game I think and when the 8th came we shut the other team down, allowing no runs in the 8th and only 1 in the 9th; while scoring 4 runs in each of our half innings. So the mercy rule didn't play a part in our late inning comeback attempt - but it seemed to get our attention - we became aware that we needed to bear down if we were to make a run at winning the match.

The diamond we play on is nestled into a hillside in the rolling topography of east end Toronto near Woodbine and Gerrard, next to Bowmore Public School. All around the back stop there's a forty degree slope that in summer is shaded by huge maple trees - a great place to watch the game from, or to get out of the sun when, like yesterday, the UV is high. I drank plenty of water all game long and came home red faced, but not burnt. Luckily the fountain at the top of the hill was working...


This is Google's Street view of Fairmount Park from Gerrard Street, about 10:00 AM. By the level of the sun on the horizon, this was taken in February or March - it's much more beautiful now in summer.

After the game, usually around 1:00 PM it's off to the local pub to watch the Toronto Blue Jays and have a beer or two.

Chris F.A. Johnson's community web site Woodbine&Gerrard.com published a link to this piece. It looks like Chris had a picture on file of Fairmount Park. He's photographer - as well as a web designer, developer, and coder, chess master, and cryptic crossword puzzle designer.

Here's Chris's picture of Fairmount Park field from Gerrard Street, looking south-east.


Thanks for the photographs Chris.



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ScorePAD evalulation

Scoring scoresheets for iphone have been around for a while, but nothing open source until May 2010 when 6-4-3 Baseball Scorecard for Android came out. This has probably lead the standard in pad scoring ScorePad to release this evaluation version (ScorePAD V8) of their proprietary software. I've set it up with lineups for today's Toronto Blue Jays at Colorado Rockies - Game 2 (Scored Live tonight at the Internet Baseball Score Card (IBSC) Blog, 8:10PM EDT 6:10 PM MDT). I loaded in yesterdays lineup with today's probable pitchers - it may change.

The ScorePad has all the buttons I imagined when I began building my DIY Score Card.

You high-light the batter who's at the plate and then, if they hit the ball for a single, you go to the batter row to the right of the lineup section that has a selection scroll beneath it, click '1B', a green angled area appears in the AB box along where the first base line would be - indicating Fred Lewis is on first base.


There's no way for me to share this live with you in internet land, except by taking a 'print screen' shot of it with my Windows OS - like I've done here.



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Toronto Blue Jays @ Colorado Rockies - Game 1

Friday, June 11, 2010 the Internet Baseball Score Card Blog presents, a complete game box score:
Toronto Blue Jays @ Colorado Rockies - Game 1
Starting at 9:10 PM ET a Live Blog
Toronto Blue Jays @ Colorado Rockies - Game 1 from
Coors Field, Denver, Colorado
Starting Pitchers: Ricky Romero (5-2, 3.06 ERA) - Ubaldo Jimenez (11-1, 0.93 ERA)

Internet Baseball Score Card Blog link: Toronto Blue Jays @ Colorado Rockies - Game 1





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