tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608528753722196209.post2252274653993838727..comments2024-01-26T13:08:26.506-08:00Comments on Cybermetrics: Could A Person Watch Every Game In A League For A Whole Season?Cyril Moronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07148864847009186694noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608528753722196209.post-78772509587567053122010-09-12T17:06:49.995-07:002010-09-12T17:06:49.995-07:00Thanks for dropping by. Sometimes I can watch a ga...Thanks for dropping by. Sometimes I can watch a game in an hour or less if I do alot of fastforwarding. But I was only think about doing one league, not both. If the AL has 7 games a day, it would take 7 hoursCyril Moronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07148864847009186694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608528753722196209.post-65932497048802206872010-09-12T16:57:19.923-07:002010-09-12T16:57:19.923-07:00I've thought about this a few times too. There...I've thought about this a few times too. There's 2430 games scheduled, plus potentially 49 more post-season games and the All-Star game. If hte average game is 3 hours that 7440 hours out of the 8760 in most years (8784 in a leap year) So it's possible without sleep. If we take out the commercial breaks between innings and pitching changes that should clear about 1800 hours. So that's 5640 hours, about 15 and a half hours per day. Yeah, if the between action could be filtered, it would be possible. In another generation we should have software that automates that speeding-up process.johnrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608528753722196209.post-72277700998406121622010-09-09T07:22:52.659-07:002010-09-09T07:22:52.659-07:00Interesting that something like this might already...Interesting that something like this might already be going on. Maybe it is like some of the sabermetricians who got jobs with teams and we never hear from them again.Cyril Moronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07148864847009186694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608528753722196209.post-19345602280686604142010-09-09T06:54:26.586-07:002010-09-09T06:54:26.586-07:00That's a good point, Cy. Not only would your ...That's a good point, Cy. Not only would your thumb get sore, but your hand would, and maybe even your arm depending on whether or not you have a direct view to the receiver or not. We've probably all spent entirely too much time playing video games over the years and I remember in college my hand and thumb getting very sore from it. <br /><br />It was mentioned in a comment on The Book Blog that Bloomberg is providing teams with this type of content. It's not available to the public, but it wouldn't surprise me if a team has hired someone to plot as much date from every game possible.mb21noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608528753722196209.post-35654203337733131252010-09-09T06:22:39.261-07:002010-09-09T06:22:39.261-07:00That might work better. I think I have watched gam...That might work better. I think I have watched games in an hour or less fast forwarding, usually between pitches. That could get hard on your thumb. Now if only every pitcher worked as fast as Mark Buehrle.Cyril Moronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07148864847009186694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608528753722196209.post-27758371753433385582010-09-08T20:25:20.757-07:002010-09-08T20:25:20.757-07:00I think you'd have to have someone edit the ga...I think you'd have to have someone edit the games beforehand and put them on a DVD or something like that. That way you get all the game action and nothing else. No fast forwarding. Any fast forwarding would almost certainly require some additional rewinding to get back to the point you need. Surely someone could hire such a person to edit the games. More than one person probably. At that point I think it would be fairly easy to do. Time consuming of course, but if you're dedicated and lazy, you could sit back and watch games for 8 to 10 hours per day.mb21http://www.anothercubsblog.netnoreply@blogger.com