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Thursday, April 05, 2007
Baseball Reference does it all
Some people think: “I can do what Forman does. Why should I pay 29$?” For the same reason I do: “Because you don’t have time to do what Forman does.” I put in several suggestions on his blog, and he’s implemented several of them, things that would take many hours for a programmer to do. You’re paying for the convenience. One of the things he did is what I suggested: “Times Facing Opp. in Game”, which was something I used heavily in The Book. And he also added all the count data ("at" and “pass-through"). And even little things, like showing the “men on” split (in addition to the 8 base states). It’s like having a personal programmer for 29$ a year. A kid out of college would charge that per hour.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/222