Diamondbacks Bullpen

[TAP]

Here's your chance. 3 job openings covering your Arizona Diamondbacks...

Stats Stringer:

MLB.com, the Official Site of Major League Baseball, is seeking stats stringers for the 2007 season. Stats stringers are responsible for digitally scoring games from one of the 30 MLB ballparks, which provides the live data used on MLB.com in our award winning applications, including MLB.com Gameday. This is a perfect part-time job for a diligent, responsible employee who happens to be a big baseball fan.

Responsibilities include:

- Arrive at the ballpark no later than one hour prior to the scheduled start time;
- Double-check and verify all pre-game information: rosters, umpires, weather conditions, etc.;
- During the game, enter the results of every pitch and game event (plays, substitutions, etc.) using our proprietary software and coding language;
- Work closely with our game-night support staff (via instant messenger) to ensure proper scoring of all game events and accuracy of data;
- After the game, enter all post-game information: winning and losing pitcher, saves, holds, time and attendance
- Validate all stats in software box score against the official box score provided by the Official Scorer, and print out a final box score and game text for the club PR staff

Qualifications include:

- Exceptional (and demonstrable) knowledge of baseball and how to score a baseball game;
- Strong computer proficiency (Windows OS and Windows-based software) and the ability to quickly learn and operate new software;
- Regular availability to attend games in-person nights and weekends;
- A "team player" with a great attitude, including but not limited to a willingness to make and learn from mistakes and the ability to work closely and cooperatively (and take direction from) our game-night staff;
- Professionalism. It's a fun job and we pay people to watch baseball, but it's also an important job and we want people who will take the responsibility seriously.

Note: Stats stringer job openings are subject to business requirements, and, as such, MLB.com positions may not be available with respect to all MLB teams. Only applicants that apply online will be considered. No phone calls please.
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Pitch f/x Operator:

MLB.com, the Official Site of Major League Baseball, is seeking Operators for its Pitch f/x system for the 2007 season. Pitch f/x tracks every pitched baseball, calculating its trajectory and break, for television broadcast, Internet and stadium video production. It is the perfect part-time job for a diligent, responsible employee who also happens to be a big baseball fan.

Responsibilities include:

- Arrive at the ballpark no later than two hours prior to the scheduled start time;
- Perform a ready-for-air check with the system’s Video Engineer;
- Double-check and verify both team's rosters, batting lineups, pitchers, and other pre-game information;
- Size the strike zone for each batter during the game;
- Enable and/or disable pitch tracking between innings;
- Work closely with the Video Engineer and MLB stats personnel to ensure accuracy of data;
- Provide detailed post-game reporting and recaps.

Qualifications include:

- Ability to work under pressure and complete tasks in a timely manner;
- Advanced knowledge of computer hardware and software;
- Excellent attention to detail;
- Ability to understand and follow baseball play during a game;
- Strong communication skills;
- Reliable transportation and cell phone.

Note: Pitch f/x Operator job openings are subject to business requirements, and, as such, MLB.com positions may not be available with respect to all MLB teams. Only applicants that apply online will be considered. No phone calls please.
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Sports Reporter:

MLB.com, the Internet's fastest growing Web site the Official Site of Major League Baseball, is seeking freelance and/or full-time columnists to help cover Major League Baseball for the 2006 season. We're interested in candidates with solid reporting skills and a strong voice who are as well versed in writing about the sport off the field as they are about the games themselves.

Responsibilities include:

- Column writing from live games across the country, as well as the news of the day off the field.
- Non-column writing that helps feed the beast that is a 24-by-7 deadline cycle.
- Factual reporting; intelligent writing.
- Nuanced analysis and insightful commentary.
- Professional representation of our company inside and outside our walls.
- Multimedia experience a plus.

Qualifications include:

- Four-year degree preferred.
- Passion for the sport, as well as a thorough knowledge of the sport.
- Experienced in writing on deadline.
- Able to produce clean, crisp copy.
- Team player to work in field, as well as with editors.
- Good communicator and well-organized.
- Self-starter with a wealth of ideas.
- Willing to travel.
- Bilingual a plus.

Note: Baseball reporter job openings are subject to business requirements, and, as such, MLB.com positions may not be available with respect to all MLB teams. Only applicants that apply online will be considered. No phone calls please.

[Dangerfield]

Factual reporting; intelligent writing.

eliminates me I'm out.

Bilingual a plus

and what does a person's sexuality have to do with sports reporting?
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My wife is always trying to get rid of me. The other day she told me to put the garbage out. I said to her I already did. She told me to go and keep an eye on it

[csktech]

[David B]

It would require shoewizard to remain sober for an entire game. I'm affriad that's just asking too much of the man

[David B]

[shoewizard]

[TAP]

[tmar]

I'd love to get the job there of showing the concession people how to serve a prewrapped hotdog & a beer in less than 8 minutes.

[matt]

you could show him how to make kick ass nachos also!

[tmar]

Has anyone been to the new bar, Tyggos? I haven't seen it yet. I was supposed to go to the Monster Trucks last night with my kids but had a puppy problem.

[TAP]

[McCray]

tyggo's is going to have a schoolgirl skirt theme, right? or did i dream that?
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Hank, you're dead to me.

[DesertKnight]

[tmar]

They told me one time it has something to do with the backward spelling of "big ole titties" something like tiggosbitties. I'd never heard of it and so dismissed it as an inside joke I wasn't privy to.

[DesertKnight]

With apologies to Matt...


http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tiggo-bitties

There are actually six entries in here for variant spellings/capitalizations of "tiggobitties"--which in itself says something.

[McCray]

well, as sad as i am to see tmar's place go, this tyggo's doesn't sound half bad...

neat fact: me and the gf went on our first official date at tmar's. the first booth as you walk in the door, just off to the left. we both loved everything about tmar's (except the nachos, of course), so we kept going. it sort of became our place. we'd go to 20 some games a year, and eat at tmar's before, then drink afterwards. how great is it to have a gf whose favorite date place is a sports bar where the waitresses wear skimpy little outfits? and where one glorious time one of the hot little waitresses copped a feel of her ass? right in front of me!

*sniffle*

i'm gonna miss tmar's...
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Hank, you're dead to me.

[Dylan]

No, I've never dreamed of working for the Diamondbacks. Not one minute, not at all........

[TAP]

[moviegeekjn]

[David B]

Usually my dreams involve not working...for anybody.

[csktech]

[David B]

That's cool. Personally, I'd have no problem being an independently wealthy itinerant baseball fan, but to each their own.

[moviegeekjn]

[TAP]

[foulpole]

Would any of these positions include daily contact with Helen?