Alex Roberts-Croteau

You can't spell Twitter without wit...or twit...or write, which is ironic since it's typing. In other news, nobody knows cursive anymore

[Alex Roberts-Croteau @acnoswag]

Is..is Country Roads our Wonderwall?

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That song. Played this game so much and I didn’t even have a Dreamcast

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

First trailer for the new ‘CRAZY TAXI’ game.

Releasing in 2027.

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@ShotgunSprD1 Did your WHOOP app make this?

[Jacob Steinberg @JacobSteinberg]

World Cup predictor!

https://t.co/dmkNNqpMSH

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If you’re not gonna be in it, then you gotta enjoy it with #ESPNSqueezePlay

[Los Angeles Angels @Angels]

We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of Angels Hall of Famer Garret Anderson.

Garret will forever hold a special place in the hearts of Angels fans for his professionalism, class, and loyalty throughout his career and beyond.

We extend our heartfelt condolences to the entire Anderson family.

[Alex Roberts-Croteau @acnoswag]

@TaylorBlakeWard @UCIbsb 😂

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@ScoringChanges It’s actually in the book? That’s wild, but also cool, and a relief that I’ve given hits to sun fly balls. Thanks!

[Alex Roberts-Croteau @acnoswag]

@ScoringChanges @Det_Collector This one’s interesting to me, and the mechanically missing a ball over misjudging. I had always thought making contact was a clear-cut measure

I had one today when an OF lost it in the sun and it landed at his feet. What’s the thinking on that?

[MLB Scoring Changes @ScoringChanges]

So I’m going to hop into the college space a second, because this does affect a lot of folks (I’m one of them)

From the early 1990s onward, SIDs have generally used The Automated Scorebook by StatCrew (heretofore TAS). This is an MS DOS program that runs on 32-bit computers and Windows 7 (Seriously). Many school IT depts. won’t support it anymore.

More recently, Presto Stats has been around, and it is similar to StatCrew, but it has issues (some plays cannot be done, and there are some weird technical issues folks have talked about)

New to the game is StatInput, which is used in conjunction with the Live Stats application StatBroadcast.

The issue is based on a survey, the three programs are being used fairly equally, and the issue is they don’t play nicely.

TAS uses PAK files.
Presto discontinued PAK files, but can now convert their own XMLs to PAKs.
StatInput is XML only.

StatInput stats don’t look right on Sidearm sites, but look fine on others.

TAS can only broadcast live stats with a work-around program.

It’s all a mess because not everyone will use the same thing. Once that is specified, everyone will jump on board.

My school was directed by me to go with StatInout, in order to move forward, and it’s getting better. As Bill Bunting noted, the owner is very quick to make program fixes.

What would be great is for all to use the MLB program, but it would have to be rebuilt for softball and softball rules. Baseball also has to have some changes for the program to work, which is why for the time being, we went to StatInput. The fact our TAS laptops are from 2004 and 2007 may or may not have influenced this decision.

So with all of that, think of the SIDs, who know TAS codes and are now learning StatInput codes, and some (like me) also know the MLB codes. It’s a lot, so pray for college baseball and softball SIDs, or buy them a coffee or a chicken nugget. They would appreciate it lol.

[Alex Roberts-Croteau @acnoswag]

@ShotgunSprD1 Yeah unfortunately it’s gonna be a rough year in the stats department. Schools are using 3 or 4 different softwares that aren’t compatible with each other and the newer programs are very buggy

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Pour one out for my old laptop, recycled this morning after 21 years 🪦

[Alex Roberts-Croteau @acnoswag]

Prepped on the 8th floor of @DisneyAulani #TsunamiWatch

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Casually finding a huntsman spider at the Kona Brewing Company in Kona, Hawai’i

[Dani Wexelman @DaniWex]

just popping on to say I literallllllllly could not do my job without sports information directors. they're the actual backbone to what I do when I get to call a game.

@Xavier_Scruggs and I are headed to the Los Angeles regional and I'm wildly grateful for these superheroes!