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by battlekow on Apr 11, 2008 4:29 AM CDT in Site News

So, it's really early in the morning, aka late last night. I've been playing with making custom widgets for awhile, and have posted what I've got in the left-hand sidebar. We now have a widget for the 25-man roster, the 40-man roster, and various & sundry prospects. Rather than return to our little-visited link pages, I blatantly, uh, pirated an idea from Bucs Dugout and put the most important links in right next to the players' names; I also think the color contrast with the links helps break up the text a bit and makes it more readable. At the very bottom, you'll find the default SBN roster block with which to compare the new stuff.

Anyway, use this thread to post and comments, concerns, or (dare I say) compliments you might have. Suggestions are of course welcome. Too many prospects (only 39!)? A better organization scheme? Let it fly. We're all socialists here.

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It looks decent

Yovani Gallardo's first name is misspelled, though.

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by TheJay on Apr 11, 2008 8:22 AM CDT reply actions

Wow

That's a little embarrassing. Thanks for catching it.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Apr 11, 2008 10:19 AM CDT up reply actions

Oh well

I've done worse at 4:00 AM.

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by TheJay on Apr 11, 2008 10:36 AM CDT up reply actions

I like it!

Very handy stuff. Personally I liked going to Yahoo! for season stats, career stats, splits, etc., but I can learn to adjust. (You play enough fantasy sports, going to Yahoo! comes naturally.)

I wish the column were a little wider. Having each player run over for just a tiny link doesn't look to, well, fly. Since we won't get it to fit on one line, why not have the player info on the first line and the BBRef, THT, etc. links on the second line?

I guess it also makes the SBN roster obsolete. Any chance we can dump it?

On other SB sites, I've seen team-specific Rotoworld News widgets, and FP polls. Know anything about getting those up?

Thanks for all your work. It's great to have the info and links handy.

"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"

by roguejim on Apr 11, 2008 8:28 AM CDT reply actions

rotoworld widget

I looked into it, and it would be easy to set up.

i think it's friggin' ugly, though. I could be talked into it.

polll...i'll get on that.

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 11, 2008 9:11 AM CDT up reply actions

Eh

I thought it was cool, but I don't remember much about the design. If it's going to uglify (I might be making that word up) the site, hey, leave it at the curb.

"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"

by roguejim on Apr 11, 2008 9:19 AM CDT up reply actions

Then again

Wasn't this the site with Lane Bryant ads not too long ago? When did we suddenly get picky? :)

"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"

by roguejim on Apr 11, 2008 5:16 PM CDT up reply actions

haha

if I had the power to axe the banner ads, I would.

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 11, 2008 5:18 PM CDT up reply actions

stuff and stuff

Moving the links onto another line is a good idea. I wasn't having many of those at 4 in the morning.

Yahoo can be added, but I figured that BR and THT give you all the stats you're used to, plus the nerdy stuff. I know what you mean though; I've gotten used to using Yahoo because of fantasy also. Helpful hint: just type "yahoo [player name]" into the address bar and the page will load. Might mitigate the need to include too many links.

We can dump the SBN roster widget; I just wanted to leave it up for comparison.

Thanks for the feedback.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Apr 11, 2008 10:18 AM CDT up reply actions

roster widget

dumped.

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 11, 2008 5:19 PM CDT up reply actions

rotoworld widget

is up for now. i still think it's ugly, but maybe it's worth it. feedback welcome.

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 11, 2008 5:29 PM CDT up reply actions

I like it so far

For one, the first analysis I see bashes Yost for keeping CV in so long. (I was wondering that too.)

Second, it has a nice nugget about Braun and homers: one home run every 7 ABs against LHP, one home run every 18 ABs against RHP. He's a monster.

Anyway, I like it, but I have no problems with ditching it if I'm outvoted.

"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"

by roguejim on Apr 11, 2008 6:00 PM CDT up reply actions

I like it

Everything looks pretty good. I like having the option to go right to baseball-reference for my stats. Thanks

by verno329 on Apr 11, 2008 12:07 PM CDT reply actions

Nice work, I like it

The only issue is that when Ned juggles the lineup, the position player section at the top will probably have to be changed.

by Jordan M on Apr 11, 2008 12:27 PM CDT reply actions

Right

On the previous SBN iteration, we had them listed by position number, but this just seemed more informative. Ned has been shockingly consistent with the lineups thus far; if he lets his inner juggler out, I may get too lazy to keep changing it and go back to listing it by position number or alphabetically.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Apr 11, 2008 1:01 PM CDT up reply actions

Can you

remove Bush for the starting rotation? Thanks, you're the best!

by molitorfan on Apr 11, 2008 6:55 PM CDT reply actions

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