# paaatrick/playball

Watch MLB games from the comfort of your own terminal

Repository: https://github.com/paaatrick/playball
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/playball
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-09-02T18:21:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 92/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 76, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3998, "days_push": 0, "days_rel": 0, "gap_med": 135, "n_releases_24m": 6}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1197, forks 55 (observed 2026-09-03T02:15:16.687025+00:00)

## What it is
Playball is a terminal application for following MLB (and World Baseball Classic) games live, showing schedules, standings, and play-by-play updates. It is distributed as an npm package and can also run via Docker.

## Use cases
- watch MLB game scores in the terminal
- follow baseball play-by-play from the command line
- check MLB schedule and standings without a browser
- keep an eye on a game discreetly at work
- watch World Baseball Classic games in the terminal
- track favorite teams' live game updates

## When to choose
- you live in the terminal and want lightweight live baseball updates
- you want a discreet alternative to MLB Gameday or MLB.tv
- you prefer keyboard-driven, text-based sports tracking

## When to avoid
- you want full video/audio broadcasts of games
- you need a graphical sports app with rich visuals
- you follow sports other than MLB or WBC

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, terminal-ui, developer-tools
- domain: sports, entertainment
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: mlb, baseball, gameday, live-scores, terminal-app, sports, docker, command-line, nodejs

## Member repositories
- paaatrick/playball (main) score 92

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:16.687025+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:22:03.570546+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/paaatrick/playball (fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:16.687025+00:00, sha 753c345cc3a9)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/playball (fetched 2026-08-29T12:28:55.919527+00:00, sha 22e2a0b35b06)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.