Some feedback and suggestions for ver. 1.65.08

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CaN
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Some feedback and suggestions for ver. 1.65.08

Post by CaN » 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!
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Re: Some feedback and suggestions for ver. 1.65.08

Post by FTMSupport » Tue Jun 02, 2009 1:37 pm

Yes, there is actually quite a bit of improvement coming to the pitch by pitch in version 1.7. We released the pitch by pitch early as part of 1.65 because it was complete enough that some folks could find use of it in its current state, but 1.7 will really add to the capabilities.

You will be able to make edits right from this view. Clicking a play will "drill down" and bring up the full text, etc.

Pitchers and Batter are always listed in every "event" in the 1.7 version of pitch by pitch, so you can look at a box and know what is going on without having to scroll up/down for context.

Also, you will be able to see the details of the substitutions and even fix substitutions in the drill down for an event that says "Substitution".
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