I wrote a script that checks the Phils website every hour and posts any changes to the 40 man roster on here. I'm going to start it now and see if it works. When I start it, it should reply to this thread with the full roster. Then it won't post again unless there are changes to the roster, which might not be for a while. Hopefully this won't screw up too bad...

edit: works so far

Roster changes for Sat Feb 16, 2008 7:33 pm

Changed to...
49 Joe Bisenius R/R 6-4 205 09/18/82
44 Travis Blackley L/L 6-3 200 11/04/82
52 Fabio Castro L/L 5-7 185 01/20/85
55 Clay Condrey R/R 6-3 215 11/19/75
37 Chad Durbin S/R 6-2 200 12/03/77
58 J.D. Durbin R/R 6-0 210 02/24/82
21 Adam Eaton R/R 6-2 200 11/23/77
46 John Ennis R/R 6-5 220 10/17/79
45 Tom Gordon R/R 5-10 200 11/18/67
35 Cole Hamels L/L 6-3 190 12/27/83
66 J.A. Happ L/L 6-6 200 10/19/82
53 Lincoln Holdzkom R/R 6-5 245 03/23/82
38 Kyle Kendrick R/R 6-3 190 08/26/84
54 Brad Lidge R/R 6-5 210 12/23/76
63 Ryan Madson L/R 6-6 200 08/28/80
47 Scott Mathieson R/R 6-3 190 02/27/84
50 Jamie Moyer L/L 6-0 185 11/18/62
39 Brett Myers R/R 6-4 220 08/17/80
16 J.C. Romero S/L 5-11 205 06/04/76
48 Francisco Rosario R/R 6-0 205 09/28/80
60 Shane Youman L/L 6-4 220 10/11/79
59 Mike Zagurski L/L 6-0 225 01/27/83
27 Chris Coste R/R 6-1 215 02/04/73
23 Jason Jaramillo S/R 6-0 200 10/09/82
51 Carlos Ruiz R/R 5-10 200 01/22/79
4 Eric Bruntlett R/R 6-0 190 03/29/78
19 Greg Dobbs L/R 6-1 205 07/02/78
7 Pedro Feliz R/R 6-1 210 04/27/75
68 Brad Harman R/R 6-1 175 11/11/85
18 Wes Helms R/R 6-4 220 05/12/76
6 Ryan Howard L/L 6-4 255 11/19/79
11 Jimmy Rollins S/R 5-8 175 11/27/78
26 Chase Utley L/R 6-1 185 12/17/78
12 T.J. Bohn R/R 6-5 200 01/17/80
5 Pat Burrell R/R 6-4 235 10/10/76
10 Geoff Jenkins L/R 6-1 210 07/21/74
9 Chris Snelling L/L 5-10 205 12/03/81
99 So Taguchi R/R 5-10 170 07/02/69
8 Shane Victorino S/R 5-9 180 11/30/80
28 Jayson Werth R/R 6-5 220 05/20/79

bleh wrote:I wrote a script that checks the Phils website every hour and posts any changes to the 40 man roster on here. I'm going to start it now and see if it works. When I start it, it should reply to this thread with the full roster. Then it won't post again unless there are changes to the roster, which might not be for a while. Hopefully this won't screw up too bad...

edit: works so far

nice idea, sure to be appreciated.

for extra credit, any means of highlighting changes when they do take place? Displaying ONLY the change detected would be almost as good

Thanks. After that first post It will only show the changes, not the whole roster. So if Tom Gordon were to change his number & John Ennis were cut, it would post this:

46 John Ennis R/R 6-5 220 10/17/79
45 Tom Gordon R/R 5-10 200 11/18/67
changed to
48 Tom Gordon R/R 5-10 200 11/18/67

bleh wrote:Thanks. After that first post It will only show the changes, not the whole roster. So if Tom Gordon were to change his number & John Ennis were cut, it would post this:

46 John Ennis R/R 6-5 220 10/17/79
45 Tom Gordon R/R 5-10 200 11/18/67
changed to
48 Tom Gordon R/R 5-10 200 11/18/67

niiiiice. You'll probably want to re-post the complete roster at intervals - once a week, once every 2 weeks, once every 5 or 10 change notices - so visitors can get the current roster picture easily.

in your example, a reader can pick up that gordon's # changed. With Ennis, the info doesn't identify what has happened with him - that he is gone. Any way to supply info that a player has been dropped (or added)?

Not sure if even this happens, but does your script deal with situations where a player is removed, but no replacement is immediately identified? For example, Ennis is cut, but no player added at the same time.

I do not mean to make work for you, just asking so I understand what's taking shape. To me, it's good stuff.

I might add more features later to make things clearer but right now it does what its primary purpose is and most of us should be able to figure out what's going on. I might have it edit the current roster into the first post.

Roster changes for Fri Feb 29, 2008 4:00 pm
46 John Ennis R/R 6-5 220 10/17/79
--Changed to...
-- Ray Olmedo S/R 5-11 170 05/31/81

What language did you write the script in?

momadance wrote:What language did you write the script in?

CHINESE!

I like that young George Bush delivers the roster changes. I hear them in his silly accent. If you wanted, we could probably set up an account you could use just for this.

rosterBOT

philliesr98 wrote:rosterBOT

RoosterBot

Damn. props to your mad scripting skills.

momadance wrote:What language did you write the script in?

Perl

VoxOrion wrote:If you wanted, we could probably set up an account you could use just for this.

Just registered an account as RosterBot, awaiting authorization. Can you move this thread to the main board?

bleh wrote:

VoxOrion wrote:If you wanted, we could probably set up an account you could use just for this.

Just registered an account as RosterBot, awaiting authorization. Can you move this thread to the main board?

gotta like that cyber-chicken pic PiP came up with....

EDIT: 'cyber-chicken', sheesh - anyone can see it's a ROBO - chicken

bleh wrote:

momadance wrote:What language did you write the script in?

Perl

VoxOrion wrote:If you wanted, we could probably set up an account you could use just for this.

Just registered an account as RosterBot, awaiting authorization. Can you move this thread to the main board?

Done and done.

Thanks - sorry for dropping the ball on you bleh.

Roster changes for Sun Mar 9, 2008 1:00 pm
49 Joe Bisenius R/R 6-4 205 09/18/82
66 J.A. Happ L/L 6-6 200 10/19/82
47 Scott Mathieson R/R 6-3 190 02/27/84
68 Brad Harman R/R 6-1 175 11/11/85
Changed to...
* 49 Joe Bisenius R/R 6-4 205 09/18/82
* 66 J.A. Happ L/L 6-6 200 10/19/82
* 47 Scott Mathieson R/R 6-3 190 02/27/84
* 68 Brad Harman R/R 6-1 175 11/11/85

That's the dumbest thing I've ever seen written on this board, rosterbot.

jeff2sf wrote:That's the dumbest thing I've ever seen written on this board, rosterbot.

the *s denote that a player has been optioned to the minors.

you'll be seeing plenty more of this by the time spring training ends.