The Beast

So is there any sense that things would change with more additions this offseason or will COVID economics make that impossible? What has the board been saying about that lately?

What do you do? What languages did you know and how did you get experience? I am hoping that I will get the opportunity to learn on the job while getting paid because over the past few years I have just worked on data projects in school and at work without pay. I have felt like some people at my company have jerked me around. But they must not see that I am coachable or comprehend that not everyone is on an expert level when they get hired. I want to do something where I can use skills as an actual analyst where I can get good with SQL and Python and help with data driven solutions. I am interested in getting rid of redundancies and waste in health care and insurance industries but I need a position where I can do that and implement solutions. I might go for an entirely different career in the future (one that won’t be automated) but I want to see where things take me for now. My wife and I have saved quite a bit and while we will be living on one income while she’s on maternity leave, I would take the risk for option A. I reached out to my contact for opportunities in the new year since I could still take paid family leave and leave after that. I am intending on going through option B and showing that team’s boss that I understand his pain points, what he is trying to accomplish and propose solutions. That way he can see how I can help and he can see how I work. I appreciate your suggestions for practicing Python through projects. I’ll see what I can before the baby arrives and continue to develop from there. Thanks again for your thoughts.

Will they replace any of the following players with upgrades next year? Nomar Mazara, Yolmer Sanchez, Edwin Encarnacion, Carlos Rodon, Gio Gonzalez, Jimmy Cordero. Will James McCann be let go (I would hope not, but I doubt they retain him)? What role will Dylan Cease have? It seems like Renteria trots out a bullpen that has gotten weaker as the year has gone on. And he obviously trots out the wrong dudes at the wrong time. They need to import another impact starting pitcher and get some more bullpen pieces. What right fielder would be better that is available? Will Moncada be back to normal after recovering from COVID-19? He looks lethargic.

Alright, so I’m curious what people think. I finished my graduate program with my 2020 version of a MBA with a MS in Data Science in late May and I passed the day that I owed them anything for my graduate degree in late July. I consider myself lucky since I paid for only a fifth of my degree and the company paid the rest. There are a few things going on right now. My wife is due in early November and I intend on staying and using my company’s paid family leave (along with staying for a yearly company bonus). I recently applied for an internal position as an analyst for a division I am not familiar with that would have required someone with polished SQL and Python skills, something I haven’t had lots of experience with except for helping with a few internal projects. I was told I didn’t get it because of lack of professional experience. The job I do now doesn’t give me that experience and is something I can do in my sleep, even though it does give me the possibility of doing overtime each day since one of our divisions is busy. My job prospects at the company appear to be limited and no matter what I will always be virtual with a small office downtown but with the larger offices on the coasts. I also have tried to volunteer for projects and have done whatever work I can do to get experience, but I wouldn’t say that some divisions want to train to help others build experience and I didn’t get good feedback from one of the teams I volunteered for, saying I wasn’t good with pulling data when I was there to learn. At the moment the only opportunities I am considering rely on a personal connection and a relationship I have developed by volunteering for a project and showing what I can offer with the work I’m interested in. Opportunity A: An analyst role working with healthcare data at a different company where I would have to learn a lot, take a step back with something that is more entry level but uses the skills I have learned and should pay similarly. Opportunity B: A project management and data analysis position that works with sales data, works to develop sales tools, implements Salesforce in the long run and works in the division I like. This position depends on management’s willingness to give some of the data analysis work to this team instead of keeping it on one team (a team I didn’t get good feedback from). This position also depends on the budget. I guess what I’m curious about is what some of you who have lived through kids would do with my situation. How would you take the feedback I have been given and what would you do to get the experience? For those who code, how else could I learn SQL and Python, especially without much direction? What option sounds better? Is there anything I could do to learn Salesforce since I haven’t used it before? I’m seeking more money and more interesting work and recognize that there’s a COVID economy going on right now so I am grateful to have a job and options, but I feel stuck. I appreciate any thoughts.

Is Keuchel ready to come off the IL?

Doesn’t WBBM just have news? I would say that Parkins enabled Mac and Goff enabled Bernstein to have those conversations. But those arguments have been among the most entertaining over the last few years, unless there were good frequent callers like Frank in Oak Park with Hub Arkush or Bill on Capitol Hill with Bernstein. Or Bears Monday callers.

They need to give her more time to talk, Bernstein talks too much on the show. She has personality but she needs to be able to lead the segment. I hope he gets a chance to continue somewhere. Mac and Jurko would be entertaining as would him and Terry. He’s the reason I showed up in the afternoons to listen to sports since he complemented Parkins well. As a station, I wish they would take more callers though. I was entertained by the arguments that were actual disagreements and not just shitting on the caller. Bill on Capitol Hill is a good caller for Bernstein and those opposing social or political issues make for good callers. It’s better than just interviews with analysts and makes radio more exciting, at least to me.

That is what I am thinking too. I don’t know if she’ll be with Bernstein, maybe she will be paired up again with someone else. I would love Spiegs to be reunited with Parkins, they had a good thing going when things got blown up. I don’t know that I see her being on radio, she might be better on TV.

If Bernstein said what he said years ago this year, he would have been fired easily. I don’t agree with what Mac said but this decision couldn’t have come from Rosen, it had to come from corporate at Entercom. He’s definitely gotten cancelled in some respects and I hope he goes back and does Unsupervised again. Mostly, I hope he’s able to take care of his son Patrick. I wonder if Spiegel will join Parkins in the afternoons or if the Score will just have solo shows after Mully and Haugh. It just seems so bland without another host. I only tuned into afternoons because of Mac because I can’t dig Parkins. It’s just really too bad even if it is a lesson to all, to be careful with what we put out there and consider the actions of our words.

This is definitely going to suck, but it’s a good lesson for all of us.

I’m not sure that they address it on the show until he gets whatever punishment Rosen or even worse, DeCastro doles out. It’s a really dumb comment that he made on a woman that was dressed up.

Uh oh. https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/breaking/ct-dan-mcneil-maria-taylor-tweet-espn-20200915-pqoqgqsvwfdevoj5dyccgfzacq-story.html

The same could be said about the Twins tonight. Too many LOB for each team and too many walks from the White Sox pitching staff. At least Minnesota doesn’t win like they used to from 2002-2005 with stupid ducksnorts in the outfield.

The game threads are hilarious because many of you wet the bed more than my preferred presidential political party for this election. Anyway...Fuck Minnesota. Sox win!

No it isn’t. I was asking more about Dyson than about Eloy. Obviously he has issues in LF.

Oh yeah, Sox win. Stop wetting the bed everyone and goodnight!

Does Dyson play good defense or is the logic that he is just fast?

https://youtu.be/rpS-XFXxJvE

Wtf Jimenez, pick up the ball regardless?

What about moderate democrats and republicans? They do exist...

I hope he doesn’t see the majors with us or appear in a Sox uniform. He’s one of the pitchers I absolutely couldn’t stand. A Cubs fan I talked to about him called his demeanor gamesmanship, I called them antics.

So, will the vaccine be made available before Election Day? https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/02/health/cdc-covid-19-vaccine-distribution/index.html

Are you really surprised with some of the people on this board? I would really love to mine these threads for people’s remarks and post them when the time is right to show them the err of their ways.

Sometimes deadline deals that don’t go down can still put the foundation for future moves to be in play in the winter. Besides, I think of this team as more of something like the 2015 Cubs, so more talent can still arrive and be acquired this winter. Lynn could still be acquired this winter and they could bring in other pitchers much line they acquired starting pitchers in the early 2000s.

Exactly.