Zach,

The hardest/longest part is to match the various IDs
to the BDB ID. That's where the bulk of the work
comes from. So, if your source is MLB (through
MLB.com) or STATS (through ESPN.com) or whatever other
sources supply CBS, Yahoo, etc, they key is getting
the player IDs for those sources to match against BDB
ID.

As soon as we get that, then we are talking about 1
hour to get the data from internet to BDB.

***

Michael,

Actually, I was thinking of Michael Mavrogiannis,
though I should have thought of you as well ! I'm
looking forward to the Japanese stats as well.

***

And, since we are on that track, is there anyone
compiling minor league data? Seems to me that the
state of affairs is exactly what Lahman predicted last
year. He said it very well, so it may be worthwhile
to check the archives, but the gist was that at some
point, the collection effort will stop, because
everyone has their own self-interests to pursue, and
the collective work will diminish.

Funny how at the cusp of information overload, we have
so few new information providers contributing here.

Tom
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