Am I a nerd or am I cool based on the following project ...

[Bubbler]

I have figured out every baseball game I've ever attended. I'm a little sketchy from 1978-84, there's probably one or two on my list that I didn't attend, along with several more not on my list that I did, but my first game (Hank Aaron's last in 1976) and post-1985 (I kept stubs and press passes for most games from that period onward) I know I'm solid.

The project? Try to find out exactly how many players I've seen play and do career stats. I think it would be fascinating to know what Paul Molitor hit when I was in the house. Or find out oddball milestones I witnessed (Apparently, I saw David Wright's first home run in Montreal a few years ago and didn't know it until now, I also saw Kevin Nicholson's lone career home run for the Padres. Who? Exactly ...), or even figure out what my personal one-game records are (in that same Expos-Mets '04 game, the Expos scored 19, that has to be my single-game run record for one team).

Is this is a cool project (I wish I could figure out a book concept to do on it) or have I reached some rarefied plane of nerdiness?

 

[sportschick]

Re: Am I nerd or am I cool based on the following project ...

Definitely nerdy, but in a cool, Lisa Loeb kinda way.

 

[Cadet]

Both.

 

[friend of a friend]

Definitely the latter. And definitely something I would have a blast doing.

 

[zeke12]

I'm sure nerds will think it's cool... ;)

I think the challenge will be what kind of sample size you end up with.

Too small, everything's irrelevant.

Too, big, everything regresses to the mean.

 

[Bubbler]

Definitely nerdy, but in a cool, Lisa Loeb kinda way.

But I don't wear glasses. Dammit!

 

[dooley_womack1]

Star Trek fans will make jokes about you being a virgin.

 

[sportschick]

Definitely nerdy, but in a cool, Lisa Loeb kinda way.

But I don't wear glasses. Dammit!

Get some fake ones :D

 

[MartinEnigmatica]

Definitely cool, especially if you can nail down the dates. Baseball-reference takes care of the rest so you don't need to go through reams of microfiche.

 

[Bubbler]

I'm sure nerds will think it's cool... ;)

I think the challenge will be what kind of sample size you end up with.

Too small, everything's irrelevant.

Too, big, everything regresses to the mean.

For AL hitters pre-1997 and NL hitters post-1998, I think the sample size will be decent, especially for ex-Brewers.

For pitchers, it will be much less so. Though I think everytime I ever saw the Reds, which was a lot between 1997-2002 when my brother lived in Cincinnati, Scott Sullivan pitched in relief.

I'm also thinking the over-under on Barry Larkin's career Bubbler average is .500. He was unreal every time I saw him and the scans of the box scores I checked confirmed it, including a 5-for-5 in '00.

 

[Cadet]

I don't think "cool" and "nerd" are mutually exclusive...

 

[BYH]

Star Trek fans will make jokes about you being a virgin.

Muahahahah!!!

(great idea BTW)

 

[buckweaver]

Bubs:

I've got my "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" list all compiled already. Goes back to 1987, although I know I'm missing some in 1986-87 and '90-93. I'm solid from 1995-present. Got 'em organized chronologically and by stadium.

Haven't done "personal records" and compiling stats and all that, but I probably will get around to that one day. Very cool project. :D

Oh, and take advantage of Retrosheet to help clear up your hazy memory. There was one game where the only thing I remembered was that Damon Berryhill hit a home run against the Cubs in a matinee at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. Narrowed it down a little bit, to 1992-94, looked up his box scores on Retrosheet from those specific years and found out exactly which game it was. Voila!

 

[Bubbler]

Bubs:

I've got my "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" list all compiled already. Goes back to 1987, although I know I'm missing some in 1986-87 and '90-93. I'm solid from 1995-present. Got 'em organized chronologically and by stadium.

Haven't done "personal records" and compiling stats and all that, but I probably will get around to that one day. Very cool project. :D

Oh, and take advantage of Retrosheet to help clear up your hazy memory. There was one game where the only thing I remembered was that Damon Berryhill hit a home run against the Cubs in a matinee at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. Narrowed it down a little bit, to 1992-94, looked up his box scores on Retrosheet from those specific years and found out exactly which game it was. Voila!

I did plenty of that, buck. And baseball-reference has significantly upgraded their site to include much of what retrosheet has in an easier-to-navigate way.

The games from when I was a kid were somewhat easy to narrow down, my dad almost exclusively took me to Saturday day games at County Stadium. I know I saw the Tigers in '79, but the only memory I had was running down an aisle in the upper deck at County Stadium and nearly getting a foul ball. When I crosschecked Saturday games with the Tigers there was only one option, and once I looked at the box score, I remembered that Pat Underwood started for the Tigers in that game. So I was certain on that one.

There's one from the late 70s that's pissing me off. I distinctly remember seeing the Red Sox on a Saturday afternoon and watching Yaz hit a home run. The Red Sox played Saturday day games against the Brewers on the first August weekend in both '78 and '79 and Yaz hit home runs in both of them! I'm relatively certain I saw the Red Sox in '78 because I remember the Red Sox' red hats (the Red Sox switched back to blue by '79) and I remember it being a game that was important to the AL East at the time, and for most of '78 it was the Brewers chasing the Red Sox, the Yankees rallied later.

Its been fun to go down memory lane. I think the coolest thing I discovered was that the first RBI I saw was Hank Aaron's last RBI. Cool not only because Aaron is the RBI king, but because my middle name is Aaron after Hank.

 

[friend of a friend]

Bubs:

I've got my "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" list all compiled already. Goes back to 1987, although I know I'm missing some in 1986-87 and '90-93. I'm solid from 1995-present. Got 'em organized chronologically and by stadium.

Haven't done "personal records" and compiling stats and all that, but I probably will get around to that one day. Very cool project. :D

Oh, and take advantage of Retrosheet to help clear up your hazy memory. There was one game where the only thing I remembered was that Damon Berryhill hit a home run against the Cubs in a matinee at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. Narrowed it down a little bit, to 1992-94, looked up his box scores on Retrosheet from those specific years and found out exactly which game it was. Voila!

I did plenty of that, buck. And baseball-reference has significantly upgraded their site to include much of what retrosheet has in an easier-to-navigate way.

The games from when I was a kid were somewhat easy to narrow down, my dad almost exclusively took me to Saturday day games at County Stadium. I know I saw the Tigers in '79, but the only memory I had was running down an aisle in the upper deck at County Stadium and nearly getting a foul ball. When I crosschecked Saturday games with the Tigers there was only one option, and once I looked at the box score, I remembered that Pat Underwood started for the Tigers in that game. So I was certain on that one.

There's one from the late 70s that's pissing me off. I distinctly remember seeing the Red Sox on a Saturday afternoon and watching Yaz hit a home run. The Red Sox played Saturday day games against the Brewers on the first August weekend in both '78 and '79 and Yaz hit home runs in both of them! I'm relatively certain I saw the Red Sox in '78 because I remember the Red Sox' red hats (the Red Sox switched back to blue by '79) and I remember it being a game that was important to the AL East at the time, and for most of '78 it was the Brewers chasing the Red Sox, the Yankees rallied later.

Its been fun to go down memory lane. I think the coolest thing I discovered was that the first RBI I saw was Hank Aaron's last RBI. Cool not only because Aaron is the RBI king, but because my middle name is Aaron after Hank.

wow, Pat Underwood. Kokomo's finest, or was that his brother?

 

[Bubbler]

Bubs:

I've got my "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" list all compiled already. Goes back to 1987, although I know I'm missing some in 1986-87 and '90-93. I'm solid from 1995-present. Got 'em organized chronologically and by stadium.

Haven't done "personal records" and compiling stats and all that, but I probably will get around to that one day. Very cool project. :D

Oh, and take advantage of Retrosheet to help clear up your hazy memory. There was one game where the only thing I remembered was that Damon Berryhill hit a home run against the Cubs in a matinee at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. Narrowed it down a little bit, to 1992-94, looked up his box scores on Retrosheet from those specific years and found out exactly which game it was. Voila!

I did plenty of that, buck. And baseball-reference has significantly upgraded their site to include much of what retrosheet has in an easier-to-navigate way.

The games from when I was a kid were somewhat easy to narrow down, my dad almost exclusively took me to Saturday day games at County Stadium. I know I saw the Tigers in '79, but the only memory I had was running down an aisle in the upper deck at County Stadium and nearly getting a foul ball. When I crosschecked Saturday games with the Tigers there was only one option, and once I looked at the box score, I remembered that Pat Underwood started for the Tigers in that game. So I was certain on that one.

There's one from the late 70s that's pissing me off. I distinctly remember seeing the Red Sox on a Saturday afternoon and watching Yaz hit a home run. The Red Sox played Saturday day games against the Brewers on the first August weekend in both '78 and '79 and Yaz hit home runs in both of them! I'm relatively certain I saw the Red Sox in '78 because I remember the Red Sox' red hats (the Red Sox switched back to blue by '79) and I remember it being a game that was important to the AL East at the time, and for most of '78 it was the Brewers chasing the Red Sox, the Yankees rallied later.

Its been fun to go down memory lane. I think the coolest thing I discovered was that the first RBI I saw was Hank Aaron's last RBI. Cool not only because Aaron is the RBI king, but because my middle name is Aaron after Hank.

wow, Pat Underwood. Kokomo's finest, or was that his brother?

I'm sure I saw Tom Underwood at some point too.

 

[John]

A little from column A; a little from column B. [/grandpasimpson]

 

[Shaggy]

I'd love to do that, and I actually have tracked down games I went to on the road. But it's too difficult to find out what hometown games I went to since I've always gone to 10 a year or so.

It's nerdy, but I like the idea a lot.

 

[westcoastvol]

Definitely nerdy, but in a cool, Lisa Loeb kinda way.

Even better if you can whip out Cecil Cooper's lifetime Bubbler stats and get a handjob from Lisa herself.

 

[DanOregon]

Lisa Loeb is HOT!!!