24 thoughts on “May 5, 2022: ¡Viva Benito!”

1. Happy Cinco de Mo, Citizens

2. @davebenz was told by @BallySportsNOR that they “were looking for a fresh start” and so they decided not to exercise the option on his contract. “It was my dream job.”

   — Jon Krawczynski (@JonKrawczynski) May 5, 2022

   1. Unless Marnie Gellnar is taking over, this is so dumb

      1. They must have gotten sick of all the ant facts.

         1. He got a little amped up about Edwards, but weren't we all?

            Sad day. I liked Benz on the call.

   2. I feel like the Wolves broadcasters have gotten pretty vanilla. I think Jim Pete got scolded about his questioning of Thibs and he now toes the company line.

      1. He definitely got shut out by Thibs n staff, but I felt this year with Finch JimPete was really in tune with the play calls and such.

   3. Oh no, they're going to replace him with Kevin Lynch, aren't they?

      1. You have identified the worst of all possible worlds.

         1. With Tim Laudner replacing Jim Pete.

            1. Yikes

      2. Dick Bremer out, Tim Laudner in.

3. Did we know that Jose is related to Lin-Manuel? I didn't recall having heard that before.

   Pretty sure Aristotle just got a new favorite big leaguer.

   1. Yes. 🙂 (Because my home is Lin-Manuel crazy.)

   2. It was in Twins Daily story a few months back, I think.

4. Took a nice architectural cruise this morning on the rivers here in Chicago. Kinda chilly and just a hint of rain starting now -- you know, Chicago weather.

   I guess I never though about where the term "Second City" originally came from.

   1. I've taken that cruise and enjoyed it. Definitely recommend it to anyone who wants to kill a few hours in Chicago and learn its history.

      1. I took the (walking) Art Deco tour a few years ago and enjoyed every minute.

5. Oof.

   Jayce Tingler just said Luis Arraez and Dylan Bundy have also tested positive for COVID-19.

   — Betsy Helfand (@betsyhelfand) May 5, 2022

   1. That explains why Bundy did so poorly, and Luis only got on base three of his four ABs.

6. Don't we have an SQL wizard in these parts? I could use help constructing a query.

7. Say I have a table with 4 columns - TEAM,DIVISION,WINS,LOSSES

   I'm trying to find each division leader.

   When I try select division, max(wins) as wins from mlb2022
group by division
   That's gets me something like
   ALEAST - 18
   ALCENTRAL - 15
   ,...etc

   how do I get the team in there, ie
   NEW YORK, ALEAST, 18
   MINNESOTA, ALCENTRAL 15

   When I try select team,division, max(wins) as wins from mlb2022
group by team,division
   I get all 30 teams

   1. Well, here's an Oracle take on the problem that I think will work:

      SELECT team, division, wins
      FROM mlb2022 m1
      WHERE wins =
      (SELECT MAX(wins)
      FROM mlb2022 m2
      WHERE m2.division = m1.division);

8. Oooh, I'm looking forward to this...

   Announcing my next film: ENO. The definitive career-spanning, multi-platform documentary about visionary musician and artist @BrianEno. It's like an art film about creativity, with the output of Brian’s 50-year career as its raw material. Coming in 2023.https://t.co/3QYwha2Khj pic.twitter.com/75tgfUAKqH

   — Gary Hustwit (@gary_hustwit) April 27, 2022

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