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Giants Win, Twitter Explodes

October 28, 2012 by

It’s become pretty normal for Twitter to blow up after any big event now (just wait until the U.S. Presidential elections) but when the company’s hometown baseball team wins the World Series, the explosion of tweets is the Internet equivalent of the fireworks going off around us here in the Bay Area tonight. According to Topsy, the tweets hit 38,000 per minute right after Sergio Romo got Miguel Cabrera to watch strike three on that sick fastball:

38,000+ tweets per minute for the @ after winning the #worldseries! Go Giants! #sfgiants http://t.co/rK1bocEK

October 28, 2012 9:57 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite
@Topsy

Topsy

In honor of the Giants and for Twitter, some choice post-game missives from the folks we follow. Any good ones you’ve seen, put them in the comments and I’ll add them later to the main post.

Second time today Romo’s clinched a game for the Giants.

October 28, 2012 9:51 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite
@jimrome

Jim Rome

When a #WorldSeries is won on the road…almost as awkward as that Erin Andrews interview of Marco Scutaro.

October 28, 2012 9:55 pm via HootSuiteReplyRetweetFavorite
@Matt_Ginella

Matt Ginella

my neighborhood is one #SFGiants party spot. Honking has begun in earnest.

October 28, 2012 10:38 pm via Tweetbot for MacReplyRetweetFavorite
@om

Om Malik

RT @: Dear God. Giants championship parade scheduled for Halloween. That is going to be a FREAKSHOW.

October 28, 2012 10:38 pm via Tweetbot for iOSReplyRetweetFavorite
@jason_kint

Jason Kint

p.s. Thank you Melky for the All-Star victory 😉

October 28, 2012 10:07 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite
@omid

Omid Ashtari

Giants win with pitching, defense..managers moves..timely hitting..sounds like simple formula..if it were everyone would do it..congrats SF

October 28, 2012 10:01 pm via Twitter for iPadReplyRetweetFavorite
@karlravechespn

karl ravech

https://twitter.com/evanadrian/status/262764923556352002/photo/1

Across the street from me, how to watch the game in The City. (Also, faster than Twitter for news.) http://t.co/KB2TRbD9

October 28, 2012 9:55 pm via OS XReplyRetweetFavorite
@Rafe

Rafe Needleman

Filed Under: Baseball, Fox Sports, Major League Baseball, San Francisco Giants, Twitter Tagged With: , , , , , , , ,

Guest Blog: ESPN Experts Have a Good Week, says Pickmoto

October 26, 2012 by

(Editor’s note: This is a guest blog from the folks at Pickmoto, a fantasy sports mobile app.)

We were sorta mean to the ESPNers last week. We ridiculed their lack
of insight and mocked their label “Experts”. One week later, we have
to give credit where credit’s due. The Experts (no quotation marks)
killed it in Week 7.

On average, they went 11-2 and gained 29 points in Pickmoto. Among the
highlights, Seth Wickersham and Mike Golic were a perfect 13-0! Mark
Schlereth, Mike Ditka(!!), and Cris Carter went 12-1. Even Tom Jackson
picked up 9 points with a 9-4 week.

Now that we’ve duly doled out credit, we’re going to temper the
plaudits lest anyone thinks they’ve earned their title.

Picking well in a week with no real upsets is about as easy as it
gets. It’s not like they bucked conventional wisdom and were proven
prescient. They stuck to conventional wisdom and for one week looked
good. They only disagreed on a few games – Titans v. Bills, Browns v.
Colts, Steelers v. Bengals – none of which were premier matchups.

To really earn our respect (as if it’s worth earning), they need to
rally behind an underdog or call an evenly matched game between two
strong opponents e.g. 49ers-Bears. In other words, to earn their title
they need to demonstrate a level of insight beyond that of the
football fan public.

Til then, we’ll continue to give props to Wickersham, Mort, Keyshawn,
and Schefter. Everyone else had a good Week 7, but they’re a long way
from earning their label.

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ESPN Week 7 Leaderboard
-All players start with 300 points.

Seth Wickersham – 599
Chris Mortensen – 593
Keyshawn Johnson – 362
Adam Schefter – 336
Ron Jaworski – 255
Merrill Hoge – 251
Cris Carter – 246
Mike Golic – 217
Mark Schlereth – 216
Eric Allen – 199
Mike Ditka – 188
Tom Jackson – 129

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Pickmoto is recreating the fantasy sports
experience on mobile. Its first app for the 2012 NFL season is free
for iPhone and iPad. Pickmoto asks the most basic question in sports –
which teams will win. There is a crowdsourced scoring system that
rewards correct picks based on their popularity – the less popular,
the more points.

New! Pickmoto’s 2nd app for NBA hit the AppStore today.

Filed Under: Apps, ESPN, NFL Tagged With: , , ,

Watching Golf this Week: Get up Early for the CIMB Classic in Malaysia

October 25, 2012 by

Quick, turn the channel on now! If you are up way late or up really early there is a chance you may catch live golf this week — including Tiger Woods and Jason Dufner — at the CIMB Classic in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (I was wondering why big media hitters like Alan Shipnuck were in China this week.) It might not be an official season event (it is sanctioned) but with a $6.1 million purse and $1.3 million to the winner, yeah you’ll get a lot of guys on long plane rides. And the Tour gets exposure in China, where as you can expect there is a lot of golf gear to sell. Win-win. So who will win? Who knows, here’s a link to the field. And remember, it’s live on the Golf Channel every day this weekend from 1 a.m. to 4 a.m. Eastern. Think I’ll go catch up on Tiger’s short game before I turn in here on the West Coast, Wednesday evening.

CIMB CLASSIC

(all times Eastern)
TV COVERAGE

Thursday, Oct. 25 — Golf Channel, 1 a.m. — 4 a.m.
Friday, Oct. 26 — Golf Channel, 1 a.m. — 4 a.m.
Saturday, Oct. 27 — Golf Channel, 1 a.m. — 4 a.m.
Sunday, Oct. 28 — Golf Channel, 1 a.m. — 4 a.m.

FACEBOOK PAGE
CIMB Classic is on Facebook.

TOP TWITTER FEEDS TO FOLLOW

Geoff Shackelford — well known golf writer. If you’re not following Geoff you are missing the online boat.
Golf Channel — official Golf Channel feed
@PGATOUR — official PGA Twitter feed
@StephanieWei — great golf writer who is a Twitter fiend.
Doug Ferguson is the lead golf writer for AP. Good Twitter insights that often aren’t part of your wire-service lead.

WHAT’S THE COURSE LIKE?
Here’s the deets on the The Mines Resort & Golf Club.

WHO WON THIS THING LAST TIME?
Bo Van Pelt.

Filed Under: Golf, Golf Channel, PGA, Tiger Woods Tagged With: , , , , , , ,

Wednesday Wi-Fi Whispers: Brocade and the Niners, Part 2

October 24, 2012 by

Just a quick promised expansion of last week’s top story, the official signing of Brocade as the provider for the upcoming network in the new San Francsico 49ers stadium. Dave Stevens, Brocade CTO, told us that the deal between the networking gear provider and the team had been brewing for several years, while Brocade was building its new headquarters near the team’s Santa Clara training and business facility.

“Brocade’s campus buildings were all about being green, with photovoltaic power and LEED certification,” said Stevens, noting that some similar design guidelines (solar, sustainable) are being used in the Niners’ new stadium. “I think there was some commonality between them and us with vision.”

In terms of whether or not Brocade has the experience to build a stadium-ready infrastructure, Stevens said the company has already installed a couple stadium networks, but hasn’t publicized them. He also noted that Brocade typically sells to customers like large national telecom carriers and other big mission-critical enterprise businesses. “We grew up on that, so we’re confident with that [high pressure] environment,” Stevens said. In terms of stadium networks, he added, “we’re familiar with what has to be done.”

For the new Niners stadium, Stevens acknowledged that its location in the middle of Silicon Valley raises the bar for expectations about network performance. “It’s a much higher bar than for any other venue,” he agreed. “It’s the middle of Silicon Valley. But we should be able to put an infrastructure in place with enough capacity to drive whatever apps people can dream up.”

Right now Stevens said Brocade is guessing that a lot of the Wi-Fi gear will incorporate the new 802.11ac standard, which holds the promise of much greater throughput and much better antenna performance. But he also knows that in the ensuing two years before the stadium is scheduled to open, advances in mobile devices will probably continue to push the envelope for mobile data networks.

“There’s just an unprecedented amount of I/O capacity that’s now being carried around in people’s pockets,” Stevens said. “If you’re a tech guy it’s scary. But we are looking to deliver an unprecedented [wireless] experience, and make sure it’s ready by day one.”

Filed Under: 4G LTE, NFL, Wi-Fi Tagged With: , , , ,

Guest Blog: Pickmoto Rates the ESPN Pickers and Finds them… Average

October 18, 2012 by

(Editor’s note: This is a guest blog from the folks at Pickmoto, a fantasy sports mobile app.)

Football studio shows are fans’ ambient noise, like waves crashing or birds chirping … only the waves are a typhoon and the birds are tucans with megaphones. The analysts talk as if they know how you watch them – getting ready in the morning, eating, before you fall asleep. If they speak with less than complete force, we won’t pay attention.

At Pickmoto, we’re trying to figure out who we should tune in to and who we can put on mental mute. ESPN publishes a dozen “Experts” picks every week. We created a fake user for each Expert and entered all of their picks through 6 weeks. Of course, these guys don’t know they are playing Pickmoto. So their picks deserve some slack for being out of context.

But not much slack according to their Week 6 performance. Mort was the only one who cracked .500 and saw his Pickmoto score go up. (Editor’s note: See the Pickmoto FAQ for explanation of the scoring.)

The odd thing is it was not a crazy week. Sure there were upsets. But there weren’t any shockers. The Titans over the Steelers qualifies on paper – 85% on Pickmoto took the Steelers. But considering how lackluster Pittsburg has looked, you’d think at least one “Expert” would have foresaw struggles on the road in primetime.

And that’s the point. The “Experts” offer evidently little insight. Their picks are nearly uniform and uniformly boring. Removing Mort from the equation, the other 11 unanimously or just short of unanimously picked the Steelers, Falcons, Eagles, Bucs, Ravens, Cardinals, Patriots, and 49ers. Those teams were 3-4.  

No NFL game is a no-brainer. Last week we might have conceded that Raiders-Falcons was an exception. But the Silver and Black were one horrible Carson Palmer interception return for a TD away from taking a lead with 2 minutes to go.

Yes, hindsight is 20/20. And yes, these guys undoubtedly know way way WAY more football than we do. But it’s still frustrating when we see them day after day, segment after segment yammering on about blitz packages, injuries to the secondary, and trick Tebow plays. Their picks demonstrate a lack of recognition of the strongest, most consistent, most important force in all of football: PARITY.

ESPN Pickmoto Standings Thru Week 6
Chris Mortensen – 582
Seth Wickersham – 535
Keyshawn Johnson – 352
Adam Schefter – 337
Ron Jaworski – 230
Merrill Hoge – 225
Cris Carter – 206
Eric Allen – 205
Mark Schlereth – 166
Mike Golic – 153
Mike Ditka – 138
Tom Jackson – 120

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Pickmoto (www.pickmoto.com) is recreating the fantasy sports experience on mobile. Its first app for the 2012 NFL season is free for iPhone and iPad. Pickmoto asks the most basic question in sports – which teams will win. There is a crowdsourced scoring system that rewards correct picks based on their popularity – the less popular, the more points. The basketball app will be out at the end of October and a College Bowl app will be available in December.

Filed Under: Apps, ESPN, NFL, Sports Betting Tagged With: , , , ,

Watching Golf this Week: The McGladrey Classic

October 18, 2012 by

If you’ve never heard of the McGladrey Classic, don’t feel bad. This third-year event in the PGA’s Fall Series falls way under the radar, but it might have more visibility this year since its host (and head charity driver) is none other than our most recent Ryder Cup Captain, Davis Love III aka DL3. Sea Island, Ga. sounds like a great place to spend a fall weekend, as long as it ain’t raining. But you know a tourney is hurting for publicity when its prime who’s-playing story is the hard luck tale of Jim Furyk’s 2012 season. I bet ol’ Jim wants to spend a lot of time rehashing his last-hole meltdowns this year, don’t you?

Anyway… if you need a golfing break from football and baseball playoffs, hit the Golf Channel between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern time anytime this weekend. DL3 will be playing, so will John Daly and Justin Leonard… David Toms and Vijay Singh… you get the picture. Low wattage and lots of scenery.

MCGLADREY CLASSIC

(all times Eastern)
TV COVERAGE

Thursday, Oct. 18 — Golf Channel, 2 p.m. — 5 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 19 — Golf Channel, 2 p.m. — 5 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 20 — Golf Channel, 2 p.m. — 5 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 21 — Golf Channel, 2 p.m. — 5 p.m.

RADIO
SIRIUS XM (Satellite)
11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday-Sunday. The live broadcasts are also available to subscribers on the SiriusXM Internet Radio App and online at SiriusXM.com.

FACEBOOK PAGE
Some nice Georgia scenery on the McGladrey Facebook page.

TOP TWITTER FEEDS TO FOLLOW

The McGladrey Classic Twitter feed.
Geoff Shackelford — well known golf writer. If you’re not following Geoff you are missing the online boat.
Golf Channel — official Golf Channel feed
@PGATOUR — official PGA Twitter feed
@StephanieWei — great golf writer who is a Twitter fiend.
Doug Ferguson is the lead golf writer for AP. Good Twitter insights that often aren’t part of your wire-service lead.

WHAT’S THE COURSE LIKE?
Here’s the deets on the Sea Island Golf Club.

WHO WON THIS THING LAST TIME?
Ben Crane.

Filed Under: Golf, Golf Channel, PGA Tagged With: , , , , , ,
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