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Orioles Magic

10/14/2014

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I'm not gonna say that I'm the biggest baseball fan or that I'm a diehard Orioles fan.  But I like my O's or as I might have said a few times, #ilikeourguys! By the way, I love all the twitter hashtagging going on for Baltimore (#wewontstop and #BUCKleUp are among my faves and side note: I might use #BUCKleUp a little more since the O's are down two games and the Tuesday night game in KC is a must win). Those O's fans & marketing folks are clever. Anyways, hubs is a diehard fan and I think he started watching the O's in 1984. So as one might suspect, having the O's in the ALCS is a BFD in our household. 


I'm pretty excited for the team and like any good nerd would do, I'm showing my pride by finding a story about the O's I could visualize. Thank you baseballreference.com for the Orioles data set.  There was so much data (all the data! as the cool kids would say). My head was spinning with what I could do. I thought a story around stadiums would be cool because the O's have a long history (and have been in three different cities)! But in the end, I thought back to all of the parody accounts on twitter (which are hilarious...my favorites are Seductive Tommy H and Not Buck Showalter) and thought...it's all about the fans. They are awesome, as evidenced by the following clip.


If you aren't pumped up for this viz, then I think you might be a little dead inside (too much??). The fans showed up big time for the first two games of the ALCS, but did they show up to the ballpark for the first ten years in the millennium when the O's were less than stellar (to put it nicely)? Have yourself a little look at this viz I created and find out for yourself. 

Oh, but before you do, I want to give a shout out to two of my favorite viz folks out there...Andy Kriebel and Matt Francis. They provided a really good review and help where needed.  

Okay, now you can go through the turnstyle and see what attendance has been like since Oriole Park at Camden Yards opened.  Interested in the data? Click here. 
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Where Do I Even Start? TUG Quick Reference Guide

10/1/2014

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I am so super excited to help people that I put together this quick reference guide to help all of the folks who were inspired by #data14 to start a TUG. A super huge shout out to Andy Kriebel for his review and edits! Hopefully this is the first in a series. Click the link under the tips/advice section to add your own TUG tips/advice! 
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