Daily Archives: December 10, 2014

Converting Dates

Posted on December 10, 2014 by way0utwest

I ran across a post recently where someone had dates stored as characters (never good), but also in this format: CYYMMDD. I’d never seen that, and thought it was strange. The person was asking for a way to convert this … Continue reading →

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Managerial Moneyball

Posted on December 10, 2014 by way0utwest

I really enjoyed reading Moneyball. Its a book about baseball and data and how information should be used to choose baseball players for the Oakland As. It’s an interesting approach, one that has rarely been used in the sport in the … Continue reading →

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