Schaefer 2016: New! Different! (Better?)

[Benjamin Grimm]

You're welcome! I was figuring that this would reduce participation but if it does the opposite all the better!

[Edgy MD]

Will voting remain open, and therefore the player of the game for a particular game possibly change over time as critical consensus evolves?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Games will remain open for voting longer than they did in past years, when it was two business days. Now, I'm figuring about two weeks, though we'll have to see how things develop. My current plan is to close out games from the first half of April on or around May 1, and the second half of April on or around May 15, etc.

I'm not sure if this is where you were going with your question, but I should point out that there's no mechanism for going back and editing your votes, and I have no plans at all to add that feature.

[Guest cooby classic]

I was thinking, couldn't you add another true to the Baseball Fora for POTG? Then it would still be here and handy

[Benjamin Grimm]

"Add another true?"

[Guest cooby classic]

Stupid auto correct (sigh)

Add another tier

[Fman99]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: You're welcome! I was figuring that this would reduce participation but if it does the opposite all the better!

It's all right there, now, I don't have to start a new thread, or find a box score, as the stats are all there. Just plug in my votes and submit. Seems way easier to me.

As long as the link gets posted to the IGT after each game I hope to vote on as many games as possible this year.

[metsmarathon]

the biggest problem for me was always that once i fell behind, i felt like i could never catch up. leaving hte games open for 2 weeks will help me a lot.

now i just need to figure out a better way to conduct my personal tabulations. time to up my excel game.

[Fman99]

Zvon wrote: Would it be possible to have a running tally on the side so we can see when we hit ten points? Sometimes last second considerations require a redistribution of points.

Seconded as a "would be useful" request.

[Edgy MD]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Games will remain open for voting longer than they did in past years, when it was two business days. Now, I'm figuring about two weeks, though we'll have to see how things develop. My current plan is to close out games from the first half of April on or around May 1, and the second half of April on or around May 15, etc. I'm not sure if this is where you were going with your question, but I should point out that there's no mechanism for going back and editing your votes, and I have no plans at all to add that feature.

No, I was thinking that, as more users visit the UMDB, one might decide to vote on a game he saw five years ago, and lo and behold, the results continue to evolve.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Fman99 wrote: Zvon wrote: Would it be possible to have a running tally on the side so we can see when we hit ten points? Sometimes last second considerations require a redistribution of points. Seconded as a "would be useful" request.

Okay, I found an easy way to do this.

When you vote on Friday's game, check out the new "Check My Math" button that's to the left of the "Submit" button.

[Guest themetfairy]

I have another request. For relief pitchers, would it be possible to include inherited runners stranded/inherited runners allowed as a stat?

[Zvon]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Fman99 wrote: Zvon wrote: Would it be possible to have a running tally on the side so we can see when we hit ten points? Sometimes last second considerations require a redistribution of points. Seconded as a "would be useful" request. Okay, I found an easy way to do this. When you vote on Friday's game, check out the new "Check My Math" button that's to the left of the "Submit" button.

That's exactly what I needed. Thank you.
You have no idea how much paper you've saved me over the course of the season. I think you just saved an entire forest.

themetfairy wrote: I have another request. For relief pitchers, would it be possible to include inherited runners stranded/inherited runners allowed as a stat?

TMF has a point- there are some grey areas in a game where a full box score might shed a light on something that might not be reflected in your game breakdowns. For me, I don't think that's needed for games I watch. Games I don't watch I will still consult a full box from CBS or ESPN on my own. I don't know if a link to a full box is necessary but there are times I will need to go over one. No real biggy, as I said I can zip over to CBSsportsline myself. I agree with TMF that the more info included in your game breakdowns, the better.

[Frayed Knot]

Geez folks, there about 87 different ways to call up a box score on the interwebs, ones that come complete with pictures, descriptions, and accounts of the game.

Edited April 7, 2016 by Guest

[Benjamin Grimm]

Yes. Those abbreviated stats on the voting form are just there as a handy reminder. They're not intended to replace an actual box score. I'm afraid that what you're currently seeing is as good as it will get.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I'm afraid that what you're currently seeing is as good as it will get.

It's great, I predict many of us will vote for all 162 games for the first time
this season.

You have no idea how much paper you've saved me over the course of the season. I think you just saved an entire forest.

C'mon bro... 0.50+3.50+1.00+1.50+0.50+1.00+0.50+1.50=??.?? throws you
a curve ball? 0.75's!! oh, horrors.... :-)))

[Fman99]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Fman99 wrote: Zvon wrote: Would it be possible to have a running tally on the side so we can see when we hit ten points? Sometimes last second considerations require a redistribution of points. Seconded as a "would be useful" request. Okay, I found an easy way to do this. When you vote on Friday's game, check out the new "Check My Math" button that's to the left of the "Submit" button.

Awesome, thanks man!

[Guest Mets Willets Point]

Oh, this is fun. So much easier. I think I'll be participating more often.

[Zvon]

d'Kong76 wrote: You have no idea how much paper you've saved me over the course of the season. I think you just saved an entire forest. C'mon bro... 0.50+3.50+1.00+1.50+0.50+1.00+0.50+1.50=??.?? throws you a curve ball? 0.75's!! oh, horrors.... :-)))

lol. Truthfully, years ago when I first started voting I had problems, mostly keeping it under 10. And I'd agonize over giving everyone who deserved it just the right amount of beer.

But after doing it for years, now it's like bing-bang-boom-DUN. Still, that "check the math" thing will come in handy.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Just busting bajangas. In a 'busy' win I find I usually end up giving too
much to someone and by the time I'm done I'm reluctantly shaving it.

[Frayed Knot]

So Grimm, are visitors to UMDB being offered (encouraged?) the opportunity to vote on these games or is PotG remaining essentially a secret project for us CPF elitists?

[Benjamin Grimm]

So far I guess it's still "secret". I may some day do something to promote it but have not yet done so. Zvon said something about posting a link on his blog. I have no objections to anything like that. I do see some unfamiliar aliases among the voters but my assumption is that it's one of us being playful.

[Frayed Knot]

It just seems that, since you accept reader comments on games, that accepting votes on PotG would be would be a natural.
Plus it might increase Schafer participation and maybe even advertise the Pool a bit more.

[A Boy Named Seo]

i'm late to the party, but this is great stuff, BG. Much easier mechanism to do the thing.

[Benjamin Grimm]

So far this season 23 of the 25 Mets who have played have received Schaefer points. The only two exceptions are Steven Matz and Eric Campbell.

[Guest themetfairy]

Hi - me again to annoy you further....

I actually just bookmarked the voting page. But would you consider adding the link to the menu up above, so it would be easy to find even without looking for it in the threads?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Not a bad idea, but it's not something I'm going to get to any time soon. It sounds like it should be an easy thing to do, but it would probably take me a while to find the spot where I'd have to make the change.

[Edgy MD]

I'll work on that one.

[Guest themetfairy]

Great - thanks!

[Guest themetfairy]

I'm loving the Check My Math feature!