Comments on: XML Box Scores Now Available http://drmarcey.wordpress.com/2007/12/14/xml-box-scores-now-available/ A Young Man's Primer on Sports Statistical Analysis Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:48:02 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Fantasy News http://drmarcey.wordpress.com/2007/12/14/xml-box-scores-now-available/#comment-31 Fantasy News Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:55:37 +0000 http://drmarcey.wordpress.com/2007/12/14/xml-box-scores-now-available/#comment-31 The sample sheets look great. However, it abbreviates the first name of each player. . . Why? That makes it harder to add to a database to keep track of things. I suppose the nfl.com boxscore must abbreviate the first name as well? If that is the case. . then parsing nfl.com might not be the best route to go . . What language is it coded in? I would love to take a look because I was just about to purchase the nfl boxscore package at xmlteam. . .so this may be a better route :) Please keep us updated! I can smell football around the corner The sample sheets look great. However, it abbreviates the first name of each player. . . Why? That makes it harder to add to a database to keep track of things.

I suppose the nfl.com boxscore must abbreviate the first name as well? If that is the case. . then parsing nfl.com might not be the best route to go . .

What language is it coded in? I would love to take a look because I was just about to purchase the nfl boxscore package at xmlteam. . .so this may be a better route :)

Please keep us updated! I can smell football around the corner

]]> By: Steve http://drmarcey.wordpress.com/2007/12/14/xml-box-scores-now-available/#comment-26 Steve Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:59:43 +0000 http://drmarcey.wordpress.com/2007/12/14/xml-box-scores-now-available/#comment-26 I too decided in 2007 to scrape the box scores from NFL.Com to use in a neural network. My parser is set up to select the box scores for any given week in any season, or an entire season's worth if available on nfl.com. Basically my steps are: 1. gather the schedules in text format 2. let the PC format them as XML 3. select the schedule to fetch box scores for 4. iterate through the HTML, in memory, and output the box scores week by week and for a full season as xml. 5. Then I am able to use this data to complete calculations and format the select stats for a neural network as well. I did all of my work in C# in VS 2003. I have since ported it to VS 2008. Very interesting. Keep it up. I too decided in 2007 to scrape the box scores from NFL.Com to use in a neural network. My parser is set up to select the box scores for any given week in any season, or an entire season’s worth if available on nfl.com.

Basically my steps are:
1. gather the schedules in text format
2. let the PC format them as XML
3. select the schedule to fetch box scores for
4. iterate through the HTML, in memory, and output the box scores week by week and for a full season as xml.
5. Then I am able to use this data to complete calculations and format the select stats for a neural network as well.

I did all of my work in C# in VS 2003. I have since ported it to VS 2008.

Very interesting. Keep it up.

]]> By: SportsPicksSystem http://drmarcey.wordpress.com/2007/12/14/xml-box-scores-now-available/#comment-19 SportsPicksSystem Thu, 27 Dec 2007 04:43:30 +0000 http://drmarcey.wordpress.com/2007/12/14/xml-box-scores-now-available/#comment-19 Hello, I tried to open the file atl-car.xml from week1 directory. The game-metadata tag is never closed. I think this problem occurs in every files. Do you have the same problem? Anyway great work. Sports Picks System Hello,

I tried to open the file atl-car.xml from week1 directory. The game-metadata tag is never closed. I think this problem occurs in every files. Do you have the same problem? Anyway great work.

Sports Picks System

]]> By: Brian http://drmarcey.wordpress.com/2007/12/14/xml-box-scores-now-available/#comment-18 Brian Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:13:34 +0000 http://drmarcey.wordpress.com/2007/12/14/xml-box-scores-now-available/#comment-18 Very cool. Keep up the great work. Very cool. Keep up the great work.

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