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Archive for January, 2012

Features: PI Rivalry Finder

23rd January 2012

Features: PI Rivalry Finder

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Features: Player Gamelogs

23rd January 2012

Features: Player Gamelogs

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Features: Box scores

23rd January 2012

Features: Box scores

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Features: Records and Leaderboards

23rd January 2012

Features: Records and Leaderboards

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Features: Hall of Fame Inductees

23rd January 2012

Features: Hall of Fame Inductees

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Features: Yearly League Leaders

23rd January 2012

Features: Yearly League Leaders

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Updated Site Template

19th January 2012

If you visited SR/CFB today or yesterday, you probably noticed that the site template has been tweaked slightly. The big changes:

  • Dropdown menus - Mouse over the header categories and get a drop-down menu with more options
  • SHARE functionality - Share stat tables with friends using the tooltip at the top of each table
  • Improved table formatting - Including the ability to link to specific tables
  • ...and more!

And as always, you can report ongoing bugs here: Sr.FogBugz.com

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Updating Site

19th January 2012

We are updating the College Basketball with a new better than ever template. We apologize for anything that may be temporarily down as the update occurs.

You can report ongoing bugs here: Sr.FogBugz.com

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Sean Forman to appear on Clubhouse Confidential, MLB Network

18th January 2012

I'll be appearing on Clubhouse Confidential on the MLB Network. We are taping this afternoon and I'm pretty sure it will be broadcast tonight. The show typically airs 5:30pm and 7:30pm ET and then probably 8 more times after that. We'll be talking baseball-reference.com and some other stuff.

I'm looking forward to meeting their crew and I've been incredibly impressed with how they are promoting sabermetrics on the show. If you are a stathead, it is time well spent.

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Why We Oppose #SOPA

18th January 2012

Baseball-Reference.com is blacking out our logo today to make you aware of a law that will soon be before Congress that could dramatically affect innovation and freedom on the internet. SOPA and PIPA will soon be before Congress and these laws will dramatically alter the current balance of power between copyright holders and the rights of users and website creators.

Sports Reference believes that intellectual property should be protected (our livelihoods depend on it), but these proposed laws go way, way, way too far in trying to stop piracy. A sane, reasoned approach to piracy is what is needed, and these laws proposed by the Movie and Recording Industry would reduce innovation on the internet. They want to return to the 1980's. Do you want sports statistics information to return to the 1980's?

How could SOPA and PIPA hurt Sports Reference LLC?

SOPA and PIPA are a threat to Sports Reference in many ways. For example, in its current form, SOPA would require Sports Reference to actively monitor every site we link to, to ensure it doesn't host infringing content. Even a link to an infringing site could put us in jeopardy of being forced offline.

Links to more information and steps you can take to oppose these laws from Google and Wikipedia.

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