Baseball Reference's New Look

darkhorse · 07-25-2006, 01:20 PM

www.baseballreference.com

The site got a spit shine today. Seems Baseball Mogul has replaced OOTP on the front page.

phenom · 07-25-2006, 01:30 PM

Where?

atarizx3 · 07-25-2006, 04:30 PM

oh yeah, it does look a little bit different

drprestwood · 07-25-2006, 05:55 PM

I'm guessing those "Sporting News" links have something to do with it.

MorseMoose · 07-25-2006, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by atarizx3

oh yeah, it does look a little bit different

It looks like just a new font, which I don't care for. Oh well, I'll get used to it.

kq76 · 07-25-2006, 07:40 PM

And I thought it looked bad before. I love all the info Sean's provided us with over the years, but he really needs to get a clue on how to make a site enticing. EDIT: Then again, it probably helps keep the bandwidth down if newbies get too frustrated and leave.

Dagrims · 07-25-2006, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by kq76

And I thought it looked bad before. I love all the info Sean's provided us with over the years, but he really needs to get a clue on how to make a site enticing.

Out of all of the sites I have bookmarked, that's likely the one I'm least concerned with looking nice. As long as it continues to allow me to easily access the information I want to find, I'm happy.

GForce · 07-25-2006, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Dagrims

Out of all of the sites I have bookmarked, that's likely the one I'm least concerned with looking nice. As long as it continues to allow me to easily access the information I want to find, I'm happy.

Yeah, this and retrosheet and both very bland, but they both get the job done.

GH

DamnYankees · 07-25-2006, 08:36 PM

Player pages look the same as before, so I don't care.

kq76 · 07-25-2006, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Dagrims

Out of all of the sites I have bookmarked, that's likely the one I'm least concerned with looking nice. As long as it continues to allow me to easily access the information I want to find, I'm happy.

Having a good looking site is more about keeping the attention of new people than keeping people who are already hooked. They could make it the ugliest looking site you've seen and I'd still go to it. Well, as long as the player pages still had the info I wanted.

I see it kind of like Craigslist. Craigslist has developed such a reputation that even people who are new to it have heard such great things about it that they're willing to figure their way around to get to the good stuff.

Anyway, it's not a big deal. Some people are more willing than others to muddle through things and it probably caters to people who are more likely to than others.

magnet · 07-26-2006, 02:21 AM

kq, you wouldn't like www.fusionanomaly.net

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darkhorse Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2002 Location: fort worth, tx Posts: 10,850	Baseball Reference's New Look www.baseballreference.com The site got a spit shine today. Seems Baseball Mogul has replaced OOTP on the front page. Last edited by darkhorse; 07-25-2006 at 01:24 PM.

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kq76 Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 11,782	And I thought it looked bad before. I love all the info Sean's provided us with over the years, but he really needs to get a clue on how to make a site enticing. EDIT: Then again, it probably helps keep the bandwidth down if newbies get too frustrated and leave. __________________ My OOTP Wishlist \| My FAQ List OOTP Wiki \| Your Recommended Team Nicknames, By City (A Crowdsourced Project) Last edited by kq76; 07-25-2006 at 07:43 PM.

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drprestwood All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,501	I'm guessing those "Sporting News" links have something to do with it.

07-25-2006, 08:36 PM	#9
DamnYankees All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,644	Player pages look the same as before, so I don't care.

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magnet Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 5,029	kq, you wouldn't like www.fusionanomaly.net