Comments on: 2010 Pythagorean Wins with BaseRuns

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By: Doug Sparks

Doug Sparks — Sun, 02 May 2010 16:10:57 +0000

No luck on the 2007 file. I wonder if maybe when the web query botches the data table, it’s also overwriting the “A” column with blank cells.

Oh well. Don’t worry about it. Sad times for us Mac people, because I’m sure this stuff is going to be really insightful to keep up with as the season goes along.

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By: John Wright

John Wright — Sat, 01 May 2010 03:32:00 +0000

“Web queries cannot be edited,” seriously?

Column V on the batting sheet is supposed to be “A” from the BaseRuns formula, as you suspected. Perhaps it’s an issue with hidden columns, since I hid the BsR components to make the sheet look a little cleaner. It works fine for me in Windows, as does the vertical alignment of the standings tab.

I’m actually kind of shocked that Excel is incompatible across platforms when MS has gone to the effort to release it for OS X. Sounds like it’s going to be tough to get a Mac workaround.

Try this:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6494767/2010%20BsR%20Standings.xlsx

That’s an Excel 2007 version of the file. Perhaps it will play nicer with a Mac?

By: Doug Sparks

Doug Sparks — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 22:30:34 +0000

Okay, nevermind. I fixed the #N/A’s, but something’s still definitely not working right.

Just out of curiosity, what’s supposed to go in Column V of the batting BsR sheet and in Column W of the pitching BsR sheet? It seems like there ought to be something there (like maybe “A” from the BaseRuns formula), but I’m getting a blank column there when I download the file. I’m wondering if maybe the Mac glitches are more than just in the web queries. That doesn’t make any sense, but who knows.

By: Doug Sparks

Doug Sparks — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 21:51:14 +0000

Yeah…I get this:

http://i42.tinypic.com/117z37o.png

Isn’t that a daisy.

By the way, the ‘standings’ sheet may also be behaving badly, because the AL and NL come out side-by-side, which seems like it may not have been what you wanted.

I’ll post a workaround for Mac users in a new comment.

By: John Wright

John Wright — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:34:32 +0000

I see what you mean. Take a look at this:

http://i39.tinypic.com/21oripg.jpg

When I go to Data > Import External Data > Edit Query, it pops up a box like the one in the image, allowing me to select the table I want to use. You can see that I’ve checked off the data table at the bottom, but your screenshot seems to indicate that it’s pulling the entire page in the Mac version.

Can you go into that screen on your version and see what it looks like? Maybe there’s something I can do on my end to make it compatible across platforms. Otherwise, any Mac users may have to work around it using the “Edit Query” box.

By: Doug Sparks

Doug Sparks — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:41:16 +0000

I guess I can be more specific: What it looks like it’s doing is taking a bunch of header information and cramming it vertically above the table of the teams. Here’s a screenshot of how the top of the page comes out:

http://i41.tinypic.com/nwea6u.png

For what it’s worth, the actual data DOES seem to be updating correctly, it’s just that it’s way down the page so it wrecks the formulas. Obviously I could fiddle around with where things are to probably fix it, but I’m guessing a lot of other people might not want to do that.

I have Excel 2008 (for Mac) Version 12.0, if that helps. I really hope I can get this to work. It looks pretty awesome, by the way.