Some feedback and suggestions for ver. 1.65.08
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:42 am
First of all, man, is this a great app! Best use of $4.99 in a very long time! I scored an MLB game the other day using the app and later found that my scorecard was identical to the official scorer's!
I love the new "pitch-by-pitch" feature, with a couple of suggestions for making it better:
* there's too much text in some descriptions of plays, for example "XXX grounds out to the third baseman on the throw third baseman to second baseman to first baseman. DOUBLE..." and, yes, it should continue "PLAY," but it can't because there's no room left. This happens on any play that isn't a very simple one. Cut the verbiage. Just say something like "XXX grounds out, third-second-first. Double play." Or use the fielding numbers: "...grounds out 5-4-3. Double play." Etc. You get the idea.
* Whenever you make a change to the lineup during a game, even just to add a player that might be brought in later, the "pitch-by-pitch" indicates "Substitution." Well, maybe not, and perhaps not at that point in the game. There needs to be a way of distinguishing changing a lineup or roster from a "true" substitution. Even better: indicate specifically when the substitution is for a pitcher "Pitching Change."
[NB: It took me a long time to figure out that a defensive substitution could only be made if I added a player as NOT BATTING and change that only if/when that new player comes to bat--not terribly intuitive, but I get it,now.]
Fantastic app. Keep up the good work!
I love the new "pitch-by-pitch" feature, with a couple of suggestions for making it better:
* there's too much text in some descriptions of plays, for example "XXX grounds out to the third baseman on the throw third baseman to second baseman to first baseman. DOUBLE..." and, yes, it should continue "PLAY," but it can't because there's no room left. This happens on any play that isn't a very simple one. Cut the verbiage. Just say something like "XXX grounds out, third-second-first. Double play." Or use the fielding numbers: "...grounds out 5-4-3. Double play." Etc. You get the idea.
* Whenever you make a change to the lineup during a game, even just to add a player that might be brought in later, the "pitch-by-pitch" indicates "Substitution." Well, maybe not, and perhaps not at that point in the game. There needs to be a way of distinguishing changing a lineup or roster from a "true" substitution. Even better: indicate specifically when the substitution is for a pitcher "Pitching Change."
[NB: It took me a long time to figure out that a defensive substitution could only be made if I added a player as NOT BATTING and change that only if/when that new player comes to bat--not terribly intuitive, but I get it,now.]
Fantastic app. Keep up the good work!