Okay, so I decided I needed to put together a proper RIC baseball roster. It started pretty simply, really. I just wanted a handy list, you know? Something easy to look at.
Getting Started – Finding the Info
First thing I did was try to find the raw data. I figured the college athletics website was the place to go. So, I went online and started digging around there. Found the baseball section, and boom, there was a roster page. It wasn’t perfect, sometimes these things are a bit out of date, but it was a starting point.
I basically just went down their list, player by player. I needed the key stuff, like:
- Player Name
- Jersey Number
- Position(s)
- Year (like Freshman, Sophomore, etc.)
- Hometown/High School (adds a nice touch)
Organizing the Mess
Just having the info wasn’t enough. I needed it organized. I thought about how I wanted to use it. Would I be looking for players by number? By position? I decided a simple list, maybe sorted by jersey number, would be the most practical for quick lookups during a game or when talking about the team.
So, I opened up a basic text editor first, nothing fancy. I started copying and pasting, or sometimes just typing out, the details for each player. It looked messy initially, just lines of text.
Name: John Doe
Number: 15
Position: Pitcher
Year: Junior
Hometown: Somewhere, USA
Did that for every player listed. It took a bit of time, gotta be honest. Tedious work, clicking back and forth, copying, pasting, typing.
Putting it Into Shape and Checking
Once I had all the raw data dumped into my file, it was time to make it look like an actual roster. I decided a simple table-like format would be best, even in a basic document. I lined things up, used tabs or spaces to make columns.
Then came the checking part. This was important. I went back to the source website and double-checked every single entry. Made sure names were spelled right – you don’t want to get someone’s name wrong. Checked the jersey numbers against the names again. Verified the positions listed.
I found a couple of small mistakes, maybe a typo I made or something unclear on the site, and fixed them. You gotta proofread this stuff, otherwise, what’s the point?
The Final Result
After all that typing and checking, I had my list. A clean, organized RIC baseball roster. I sorted it by jersey number, just like I planned. It looked something like this (just an example line):
#2 – Player Name – Position – Year – Hometown
And so on, for the whole team. It wasn’t rocket science, just took a bit of effort to gather, organize, and verify everything. But now I have it, ready to go whenever I need to quickly check who’s who on the field. Feels good to have it done right.
