iScoreCast and Statistics Enhancements

[iklimon]

There are a handful of items that I would like to request to a) enhance statistics and b) enhance the viewing experience, I realize that you can always add “notes” but that’s not a quick efficient way to enter some of this information (I’m also taking a cue from how MLB At Bat presents it’s “score cast” of games (I’ve stack ranked them as I see the priority, but obviously these are all suggestions):

• Strength / Type of Hit on Balls in Play – We as iScorers enter this information, but all it comes out as in the iScoreCast Allen Blake hit a double. Unfortunately, not everyone who is watching the broadcast can keep their eyes on the field and see the little animation. It would be immensely appreciated if you could change it so it reads: Allen Blake hits a hard line drive for a double. That not only adds a lot of flavor, but allows viewers to not have to have their eyes glued to the screen to keep up with the action.
  
  Infield Hits (I would consider this both a iScoreCast enhancement and a statistics enhancement
  Multi-Hit Games (I would consider this a statistics enhancement)
  
  Foul, Runner Going (I would consider this primarily an iScoreCast enhancement, as in, it adds flavor to the game)
  Swinging Strike (Blocked) – (I would consider this both an iScoreCast enhancement and a statistics enhancement, e.g., how often does a catcher block when it’s not a third strike)
  Ball in Dirt (I would consider this both an iScoreCast enhancement and a statistics enhancement, the pitch location speckle chart doesn’t allow for a wide enough distribution of spots)
  Out Made in Foul Territory (I would consider this primarily an iScoreCast enhancement)
  Strike on Bunt Attempt (I would consider this primarily an iScoreCast enhancement)
  
  Hitting Streak (This might be more difficult *and* you’d have to decide what games are counted for against this hitting streak, however, it is a statistic that would be useful to see.)
  Reaching Safely Streak (This might be more difficult *and* you’d have to decide what games are counted for against this hitting streak, however, it is a statistic that would be useful to see.)

[mprusak]

Some good suggestions.

I have a number of things I'd like to see in iscorecast, which I have shared elsewhere so wont try to go into them here.

I am very much in favor of seeing things that would make this awesome product (iscorecast) even better.

FTM doesn't usually disappoint in this regard.

[bannind]

Just bumping this back up for consideration - Hitting streaks would be great enhancement. Not sure if it would be that difficult as it is all dependent upon the 'leagues' you select. Right now the easiest way is to go into the team website , go into each players stats and do a quick check via the game history sorted by date. I know which ones are on fire and which ones I don't need to look at.

Perhaps something like a 'Team Update' Something that could be generated to create more of a narrative as to the teams direction up or down. Create a pool of selections that can be checked, then iScore generates a single page PDF with trends/facts. I am not a big fan of the other scoring tools auto generated 'stories' and thus I don't think you want to head that direction. But a 'hot sheet' or one-pager would be great addition.

Thanks,
Dan

[FTMSupport]

Thank you for the suggestions. We will keep them on our list as we continue looking for ways to enhance iScore.