{"id":25,"date":"2017-09-20T20:59:21","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T20:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ootp.cavebutter.net\/blog\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2017-09-20T20:59:21","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T20:59:21","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.ootp.cavebutter.net\/blog\/about","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"

I play a baseball sim called\u00a0Out of the Park Baseball<\/a>. \u00a0I have been playing it since 2005. \u00a0On and off for a couple of years, I have been fooling around with databases. \u00a0I\u2019m not a programmer or a DBA, but I love data. \u00a0Ever since I learned how to do my first SELECT statement, something just clicked inside me. \u00a0I dabbled in Access here and there with the\u00a0Lahman Database<\/a>\u00a0but never went too deep because I had other commitments, other interests, and no goal in mind for any database knowledge.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, a project for work required me to get a quick \u00a0understanding of Access and SQL Server. \u00a0I loved learning it and I suddenly saw a potential goal to direct my efforts into learning more about database management: \u00a0I would roll my own MySQL server to enhance my OOTP gameplay!<\/p>\n

I would learn about remote database management; I would learn about complex JOINS, I would learn how to build complex queries in order to calculate advanced statistics.<\/p>\n

Well, I started. \u00a0Then I got overwhelmed and I stopped. \u00a0Then I started again. \u00a0Stopped again. \u00a0I started again about a week ago- getting further than I had before, but still nowhere near my goal. \u00a0Just as I started to get frustrated again, it occurred to me that I need to slow down.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what this blog is for: It will allow me to slow down, consider what I am doing, how I want to do it, give me a chance to learn, and to rubber-duck my way to success.<\/p>\n

Comments will be open in case any of my imaginary readers want to chime in with advice or encouragement.<\/p>\n

Since this is almost entirely for my own benefit, I am not going to explain much of the OOTP minutia or any but the more advanced statistics.<\/p>\n

OK, here we go!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I play a baseball sim called\u00a0Out of the Park Baseball. \u00a0I have been playing it since 2005. \u00a0On and off for a couple of years, I have been fooling around with databases. \u00a0I\u2019m not a programmer or a DBA, but I love data. \u00a0Ever since I learned how to do my first SELECT statement, something… Continue reading About<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-25","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t