• Protoknuckles@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 month ago

        Not a perfect example, but stuff like this: Tony Gwynn did not strike out in back to back games during the 1992 season

        If you watch a minor league baseball game, the announcers will discuss the game and give out hilariously specific information relevant to the game. When a batter comes up, they’ll talk about the last time he encountered this pitcher, or how he does against left handed pitchers in general, or how this pitcher does against this team, or how this batter does later in the week. All of it could be relevant, but it becomes hyper specific.

        BTW, I mention minor league baseball because you can watch it for free, as opposed to major league baseball, which costs a crapton of money, but you get the same experience in the major leagues. If you want to try a game, download the milb app and check it out. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bamnetworks.mobile.android.gameday.milb

  • tyler@programming.devEnglish
    10·
    1 month ago

    I’ve complained about this for years. This is only in America btw. In other countries they just watch and don’t care about the statistics.

  • shoo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    1 month ago

    The reaction to sports pseudo-stats is what really separates casual viewers from real fans. It’s the only way to raise stakes on otherwise forgettable games.

    “This team is on a 5 game win streak”: 🥱

    “This player has never lost an away game in June”: 😯🍿

  • Crusty@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    1 month ago

    Cricket stats are getting so stupidly specific it has become a meme at this point.

    It basically boils down to something like "Most runs scored by an Indian batsman on a Tuesday while batting first in overcast conditions.

  • Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 month ago

    This kind of data recognition is wasted on sports. I’d kill to have a commentary recognizing a player’s top deck:whiff ratio during a mid game dig in commander. I don’t care about optimized turns to win, I wanna see storm/cascade failure rate and scoop on sight %.