Comparing Live Blogs

Doing my first game blog of any kind was slightly intimidating, but in reality it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. Let's see how I stacked up against the guy who made keeping running diaries a thing to do.

Me: 2546 words with 10,652 characters
Sports Guy: 2, 810 words with 12985 characters

Here's his version AutoSummarized into 100 words or less:

So screw it, here's a running diary of Dice's first start:
Let's hope Bob doesn't have flashbacks to World War II when he's watching Dice pitch.
1-0, Red Sox.
11:21 -- Never seen this before: 20-25 photographers snapping shots behind home plate of Dice's warmup pitches. (Good call. Dice takes a TON of time between pitches. 11:55 -- Infield single for Manny. Dice: Yes.
Dice (smiling): Yes.
12:20 -- Dice strikes out the side in the fourth. 2-0, Red Sox. 2-0, Sox.
12:59 -- Leadoff home run, David DeJesus. 2-1, Sox. Anyway, I am WILDLY impressed by Dice. Our final score: Sox 4, Royals 1.


And my version:

Meche strikes the batter out anyways.
Base hit to right field, and the bases are loaded! Meche throw 27 pitches in the first, Schilling 33. Strike 3 looking on DeJesus. 2-1 Royals
2-1 Royals
Royals go 1-2-3 as well.
2-1 Royals
Top 4th
2-1 Royals
Bottom 4th
5-1 Royals
Top 5th
5-1 Royals
Bottom 5th
5-1 Royals
Top 6th
5-1 Royals
Bottom 6th
I mean the Royals are the Royals right? 6-1 Royals
Top 7th
6-1 Royals
Bottom 7th
Sweeney base hit. 6-1 Royals
Top 8th
6-1 Royals
Bottom 8th
Royals lead in hits 10-7, but runs 6-1. 7-1 Royals
Top 9th
Pena strikes out swinging. Final Score 7-1 Royals
The Royals have a winning record.


As for readability statistics, he uses longer sentences and bigger words and shorter paragraphs.

Flesch Reading Ease: 83.5 (me) 65.1 (Sports Guy)
Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 4.4 (me) 7.8 (Sports Guy)

Clearly if you want a Royals-Red Sox blog that's easy to read for your 4th grader, I'm your guy. If you're in Junior High, read the Sports Guy.