Let's Reinvent the Game Story

Nice article by Jason Fry

http://sportsjournalism.org/sports-m...he-game-story/

Also they make reference to a really interesting sounding program called Stats Monkey near the end of the article, which you can read more on (including a sample article produced by Stats Monkey) here:

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.co...h-theyre-here/

I'll post in your thread

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Originally Posted by etothep

I'll post in your thread

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Thanks dude.

Interesting idea, that has obviously been around for a while (see comments on the StatsMonkey page linked to in the article), but has never been sufficiently polished. As a developer myself, I am always interested in whether mundane stats can be parsed into an interesting and informative sports recap by use of an algorithm. I think that the algorithm in Baseball Mogul that does the news stories has a ways to go, but this article shows that even those who spend most of their time working on it cannot get it completely right.

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Originally Posted by metsguy234

Nice article by Jason Fry

http://sportsjournalism.org/sports-m...he-game-story/

Also they make reference to a really interesting sounding program called Stats Monkey near the end of the article, which you can read more on (including a sample article produced by Stats Monkey) here:

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.co...h-theyre-here/

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Thanks Mets...very thought-provoking article - I'm going to hijack your post, and plonk it in the Dynasty section...Boy! I wish that I could write descriptions of games like that monkey!