Comments on: Check injury status of players back to 2002 http://riveraveblues.com/2010/02/check-injury-status-of-players-back-to-2002-24024/ A New York Yankees Blog Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:49:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Archimedes Torquemada http://riveraveblues.com/2010/02/check-injury-status-of-players-back-to-2002-24024/#comment-777063 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Archimedes Torquemada Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:57:15 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=24024#comment-777063 http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/bb1a0ce1d601e6a95a922ea1af0fb0cb/523154.jpg http://static.rateyourmusic.co.....523154.jpg

]]> By: Sweet Dick Willie http://riveraveblues.com/2010/02/check-injury-status-of-players-back-to-2002-24024/#comment-777059 Sweet Dick Willie Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:52:18 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=24024#comment-777059 <B>Indian gruntwork >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> American ingenuity</B> Not true. It's just that in some (many?) cases, the Indian gruntwork is necessary to implement the American ingenuity (or at least implement it in a more expeditious and/or efficient manner). Without the (American) ingenuity, the (Indian) gruntwork is, well, just gruntwork. Indian gruntwork >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> American ingenuity

Not true. It’s just that in some (many?) cases, the Indian gruntwork is necessary to implement the American ingenuity (or at least implement it in a more expeditious and/or efficient manner).

Without the (American) ingenuity, the (Indian) gruntwork is, well, just gruntwork.

]]> By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Archimedes Torquemada http://riveraveblues.com/2010/02/check-injury-status-of-players-back-to-2002-24024/#comment-777047 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Archimedes Torquemada Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:15:03 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=24024#comment-777047 From the sourced article: <blockquote><i>So, I started developing my own database, starting with 2009. It was a bear. Scouring the news sites and local papers for injury info is not fun... So 2 months ago I asked some gentlemen in India to help me. Last week they blew me away, and delivered a pretty good data set of all players back to 2002.</i></blockquote> Indian gruntwork >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> American ingenuity From the sourced article:

So, I started developing my own database, starting with 2009. It was a bear. Scouring the news sites and local papers for injury info is not fun…

So 2 months ago I asked some gentlemen in India to help me. Last week they blew me away, and delivered a pretty good data set of all players back to 2002.

Indian gruntwork >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> American ingenuity

]]> By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Archimedes Torquemada http://riveraveblues.com/2010/02/check-injury-status-of-players-back-to-2002-24024/#comment-777046 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Archimedes Torquemada Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:12:31 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=24024#comment-777046 I may or may not be said stat nerd but I'm most freaking definitely too lazy and disinterested to download and use this spreadsheet. Hey Fangraphs.com/B-R.com, do me a favor and incorporate this data into your awesome sites so I can just look the shit up the easy way. kthxbai I may or may not be said stat nerd but I’m most freaking definitely too lazy and disinterested to download and use this spreadsheet.

Hey Fangraphs.com/B-R.com, do me a favor and incorporate this data into your awesome sites so I can just look the shit up the easy way.

kthxbai

]]> By: Steve H http://riveraveblues.com/2010/02/check-injury-status-of-players-back-to-2002-24024/#comment-777028 Steve H Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:38:50 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=24024#comment-777028 How many of you stat nerds are going to injure your mouse clicking finger by rummaging through that database? That's pretty cool. How many of you stat nerds are going to injure your mouse clicking finger by rummaging through that database? That’s pretty cool.

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