Playball!

Watch MLB games from the comfort of your own terminal

Why?

MLB Gameday and MLB.tv are great, but sometimes you want to keep an eye on a game a bit more discreetly. playball puts the game in a terminal window.

Quick Start

Just want to try it out?

$ npx playball

Install

Ready for the big leagues? Install the package globally

$ npm install -g playball

Then run it

$ playball

Keys

Global

key	action
q	quit
c	go to schedule view
s	go to standings view

Schedule View

key	action
↓/j, ↑/k, ←/h, →/l	change highlighted game
enter	view highlighted game
p	show previous day's schedule/results
n	show next day's schedule
t	return to today's schedule

Game View

key	action
↓/j, ↑/k	scroll list of all plays

Configuration

Playball can be configured using the config subcommand. To list the current configuration values run the subcommand with no additional arguments:

playball config

You should see output similar to:

color.ball = green
color.favorite-star = yellow
color.in-play-no-out = blue
color.in-play-out = white
color.in-play-runs-bg = white
color.in-play-runs-fg = black
color.on-base = yellow
color.other-event = white
color.out = red
color.strike = red
color.strike-out = red
color.walk = green
favorites = 

To get the value of a single setting pass the key as an additional argument:

playball config color.strike

To change a setting pass the key and value as arguments:

playball config color.strike blue

To revert a setting to its default value provide the key and the --unset flag:

playball config color.strike --unset

This table summarizes the available settings:

key	description	default	allowed values
color.ball	Color of dots representing balls in top row of game view	green	One of the following: black, red, green, yellow, blue, magenta, cyan, white, grey. Any of those colors may be prefixed by bright- or light- (for example bright-green). The exact color used will depend on your terminal settings. The value default may be used to specify the default text color for your terminal. Finally hex colors (e.g #FFA500) can be specified. If your terminal does not support true color, the closest supported color may be used.
color.favorite-star	Color of star indiciating favorite team in schedule and standing views	yellow	See above
color.in-play-no-out	Color of result where ball was put in play and no out was made (single, double, etc) in list of plays in game view	blue	See above
color.in-play-out	Color of result where ball was put in play and an out was made (flyout, fielder's choice, etc) in list of plays in game view	white	See above
color.in-play-runs-bg	Background color for score update in list of plays in game view	white	See above
color.in-play-runs-fg	Foreground color for score update in list of plays in game view	black	See above
color.on-base	Color of diamonds representing runners on base in top row of game view	yellow	See above
color.other-event	Color of other events (mound visit, injury delay, etc) in list of plays in game view	white	See above
color.out	Color of dots representing outs in top row of game view	red	See above
color.strike	Color of dots representing strikes in top row of game view	red	See above
color.strike-out	Color of result where play ends on a strike (strike out) in list of plays in game view	red	See above
color.walk	Color of result where play ends on a ball (walk, hit by pitch) in list of plays in game view	green	See above
favorites	Teams to highlight in schedule and standings views		Any one of the following: ATL, AZ, BAL, BOS, CHC, CIN, CLE, COL, CWS, DET, HOU, KC, LAA, LAD, MIA, MIL, MIN, NYM, NYY, OAK, PHI, PIT, SD, SEA, SF, STL, TB, TEX, TOR, WSH. Or a comma-separated list of multiple (e.g. SEA,MIL)

Development

git clone https://github.com/paaatrick/playball.git
cd playball
npm install
npm start

Contributions are welcome!