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Example: Baseball Game Recap

Everything on this page is automatically generated from Data. If you change the data, the report below dynamically updates.
In this example, we use baseball stats, but you could add any type of data — numbers from a spreadsheet, Jira, Salesforce, Gmail, etc. using Coda packs, Zapier, or the Coda API. You can also manually add data from a spreadsheet or other source.

Select a game👇


Game summary

TORONTO
- - The
@Blue Jays
faced off against the
@Astros
on
Tuesday
in what turned out to be a
windy and foggy
day at
Rogers Centre
. The
@Blue Jays
barely won
with a final score of
10
-
9
.
The outcome of the game was largely determined by the efforts at the plate of
@Dave Wallace
of the
@Blue Jays
, who had
56
hits and
24
runs , with an additional
12
runs
batted in. Additionally, the
@Blue Jays
's
@Dwight Shmoot
showed prowess from the mound by striking out
490
batters with a
91.3%
strike/pitch percentage.
@Blue Jays
Coach
@Mike Scioscia
spoke up after the game:
"Who paid off the umpires?! There were some terrible calls made!"
Similarly,
@Astros
coach
@Don Mattingly
commented about the game's outcome:
"Funny how far $20 will go..."

Top moments of the game:


@Dave Wallace
made Sport Center's Top 10 with an unbelievable
homer🙌
.
@Dwight Shmoot
stepped up with a textbook
defensive play🛡
.
@Bobby Vance
left the other team speechless after a super-charged
hit💥
.
@Dave Wallace
stepped up with a textbook
homer🙌
.
@Stan Hudson
wowed the crowds with a bold
defensive play🛡
.

Video Recap:



Leaderboards


Game MVP

Dwight Shmoot
Team
MVP Score
7.6

Runs

@Bobby Vance
@Dave Wallace
@Dave Wallace
@Dwight Shmoot
@Dwight Shmoot
@Stan Hudson
@Stan Hudson
@Bobby Vance

Hits

@Dave Wallace
@Dave Wallace
@Dwight Shmoot
@Bobby Vance
@Bobby Vance
@Dwight Shmoot
@Stan Hudson
@Stan Hudson

Pitching

@Dwight Shmoot
@Stan Hudson
@Dave Wallace
@Stan Hudson
@Bobby Vance
@Dave Wallace
@Dwight Shmoot
@Bobby Vance

See the data that drives this report: .

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