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The third annual Boston Baseball Hack Day on March 2nd, 2014, is a fun, friendly one-day hacking competition for baseball fans. 

Event hashtag: #HackBaseball

The event will be held at the Boston Globe, 135 Morrissey Blvd, Boston, MA, a walking distance from MBTA Red Line "JFK/UMass" stop. 

It is the day where area baseball minds come together and see what cool projects can be created within a limited time. The project could be (but is not limited to) a tool, app, website, or data visualization. Baseball Hack Day is a free event thanks to our generous sponsors.

 

Find out more at our webiste: BaseballHackDay.com

Boston detail is at BaseballHackDay.com/boston

See what we did last year http://baseballhackday.com/2013 and two-years ago http://baseballhackday.com/2012 to get an idea.

New to hack days? Have no fear. There'll be people of all skill levels and skill sets participating. See our resources in github wiki (https://github.com/baseballhackday/2014-data-and-resources/wiki/Resources-and-ideas,-2014), check out our inspiration blog on tumblr (http://baseballhackday.tumblr.com/), and follow us on Twitter @BaseballHackDay(https://twitter.com/baseballhackday)

Eligibility

You have to be at the event to be considered for a prize.

Requirements

Hacks could be (but are not limited to) a tool, application, software, website, or data visualization and may be built using any programing language and platform that you choose. Teams can be of any size, but awards are only given to up to four individuals.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

Overall Winner (2)

Grand prize: MLB at Bat and MLB.tv subscription ($130 value x the number of team members, up to 4)

Best use of Sports Data API

Free Real-Time access to Sports Data MLB API for the 2014 season

Best use of SeatGeek API

$100 credit for tickets on SeatGeek

Best Data Visualization (2)

Prize to be decided

People’s Choice Award (Public Voting)

Public can vote from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on the day of Hack Day. Tweet! Facebook! Ask your friends to vote for you! Prized to be decided. (This is a new "test drive" feature for the BBHD)

Honorable Mention (2)

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Kyle Glossy

Kyle Glossy
MLB Advanced Media

Dan Brooks

Dan Brooks
BrooksBaseball.net

Matt Pepin

Matt Pepin
Sports Editor Boston.com

Ben Romy

Ben Romy
MLB Advanced Media

Jeff Morin

Jeff Morin
MLB Advanced Media

Judging Criteria

  • Design/Presentation
  • Creativity/Originality
  • Functionality/Execution
  • API usage (for SportsData/SeatGeek awards)
    For Best use of Sports Data API and Best use of SeatGeek API awards.

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