Okay, so today I messed around with something totally new – “Jerome Walton.” I’d never heard of it before, but I saw someone mention it online, and I was like, “Why not?” I’m always up for trying something new, especially if it sounds kind of obscure and interesting.
First, I had to even figure out what this “Jerome Walton” was. I started with a basic search, you know, just typed it into the search bar. Turns out, it’s an old-school baseball player. I don’t know anything about baseball, honestly, but I was already committed at this point.
Diving into the Data
Once I knew I was dealing with a baseball player, I wanted to see if I could pull some, like, stats or something. I found a couple of websites that listed player information, but it was all kind of messy and hard to read. Seriously, who designs these things?
I poked around a bit more and finally found one site that looked half-decent. It had all his stats, like batting average and, uh, other baseball terms that I don’t really understand. I’m not sure what any of it means, but hey, it’s numbers, right? So I started to copy and paste some of those into a spreadsheet. I figured, why not make a nice, neat table of my own?
Making Sense of It (Kind Of)
With all these numbers staring back at me, I thought, “Okay, what can I actually do with this?” I mean, I could just look at them, but that’s boring. So, I decided to make a simple chart. A bar chart, because those are easy. I highlighted some of the columns, clicked the “make a chart” button, and boom! Instant visualization. Did it make more sense? Not really. But it looked cool!
Honestly, the whole process took maybe an hour, tops. And at the end of it, I still don’t know much about baseball or Jerome Walton. But, it was fun to explore something completely random and try to make something out of it, even if it’s just a silly little chart. Maybe I’ll try another random player tomorrow. Any suggestions?
