{
  "id": 250597,
  "title": "Why playerForTestSetAndFuturePreds is NA?",
  "url": "/competitions/mlb-player-digital-engagement-forecasting/discussion/250597",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2021-07-03T13:21:08.030720300Z",
  "votes": 4,
  "comment_count": 1,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Hei guys, I noticed that there are NA values even for a simple column such as <code>playerForTestSetAndFuturePreds</code> in the <code>players.csv</code>. The data paragraph hints to be boolean. Am I missing something?</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "1374625",
      "postDate": "07/03/2021 13:21:08",
      "content": "<p>Hei guys, I noticed that there are NA values even for a simple column such as <code>playerForTestSetAndFuturePreds</code> in the <code>players.csv</code>. The data paragraph hints to be boolean. Am I missing something?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hei guys, I noticed that there are NA values even for a simple column such as `playerForTestSetAndFuturePreds` in the `players.csv`. The data paragraph hints to be boolean. Am I missing something?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1375220",
      "postDate": "07/04/2021 03:19:05",
      "content": "<p>I am running 4 machines and a server so not 100% sure I am grabbing a pure players file but I see 4 that look like they are NA when I read them in LibreOffice.  Not going to even try to clean up the paste below :)</p>\n<p>playerId    playerName  DOB mlbDebutDate    birthCity   birthStateProvince  birthCountry    heightInches    weight  primaryPositionCode primaryPositionName playerForTestSetAndFuturePreds<br>\n606336    Luis Marte  1993-12-15  NA  San Francisco de Macoris    NA  Dominican Republic  73  188 6   Shortstop   NA<br>\n650911    Cristopher Sanchez  1996-12-12  NA  La Romana   NA  Dominican Republic  73  165 1   Pitcher NA<br>\n657757    Gavin Sheets    1996-04-23  NA  Lutherville MD  USA 77  230 3   First Base  NA<br>\n663527    Tyler Nevin 1997-05-29  NA  Poway   CA  USA 76  225 3   First Base  NA</p>\n<p>I know Luis Marte is still an active player - sort of - think he's made only brief appearances in the show.  I think that makes him a False in my book.</p>\n<p>Will google and make a new decision on the rest - I went with False for all 4 without looking :)</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I am running 4 machines and a server so not 100% sure I am grabbing a pure players file but I see 4 that look like they are NA when I read them in LibreOffice.  Not going to even try to clean up the paste below :)\n\n\nplayerId\tplayerName\tDOB\tmlbDebutDate\tbirthCity\tbirthStateProvince\tbirthCountry\theightInches\tweight\tprimaryPositionCode\tprimaryPositionName\tplayerForTestSetAndFuturePreds\n606336\tLuis Marte\t1993-12-15\tNA\tSan Francisco de Macoris\tNA\tDominican Republic\t73\t188\t6\tShortstop\tNA\n650911\tCristopher Sanchez\t1996-12-12\tNA\tLa Romana\tNA\tDominican Republic\t73\t165\t1\tPitcher\tNA\n657757\tGavin Sheets\t1996-04-23\tNA\tLutherville\tMD\tUSA\t77\t230\t3\tFirst Base\tNA\n663527\tTyler Nevin\t1997-05-29\tNA\tPoway\tCA\tUSA\t76\t225\t3\tFirst Base\tNA\n\nI know Luis Marte is still an active player - sort of - think he's made only brief appearances in the show.  I think that makes him a False in my book.\n\nWill google and make a new decision on the rest - I went with False for all 4 without looking :)",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 1375220,
      "author_name": "pcjimmmy",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "07/04/2021 03:19:05",
      "content": "<p>I am running 4 machines and a server so not 100% sure I am grabbing a pure players file but I see 4 that look like they are NA when I read them in LibreOffice.  Not going to even try to clean up the paste below :)</p>\n<p>playerId    playerName  DOB mlbDebutDate    birthCity   birthStateProvince  birthCountry    heightInches    weight  primaryPositionCode primaryPositionName playerForTestSetAndFuturePreds<br>\n606336    Luis Marte  1993-12-15  NA  San Francisco de Macoris    NA  Dominican Republic  73  188 6   Shortstop   NA<br>\n650911    Cristopher Sanchez  1996-12-12  NA  La Romana   NA  Dominican Republic  73  165 1   Pitcher NA<br>\n657757    Gavin Sheets    1996-04-23  NA  Lutherville MD  USA 77  230 3   First Base  NA<br>\n663527    Tyler Nevin 1997-05-29  NA  Poway   CA  USA 76  225 3   First Base  NA</p>\n<p>I know Luis Marte is still an active player - sort of - think he's made only brief appearances in the show.  I think that makes him a False in my book.</p>\n<p>Will google and make a new decision on the rest - I went with False for all 4 without looking :)</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
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    "1374625": "Hei guys, I noticed that there are NA values even for a simple column such as `playerForTestSetAndFuturePreds` in the `players.csv`. The data paragraph hints to be boolean. Am I missing something?",
    "1375220": "I am running 4 machines and a server so not 100% sure I am grabbing a pure players file but I see 4 that look like they are NA when I read them in LibreOffice.  Not going to even try to clean up the paste below :)\n\n\nplayerId\tplayerName\tDOB\tmlbDebutDate\tbirthCity\tbirthStateProvince\tbirthCountry\theightInches\tweight\tprimaryPositionCode\tprimaryPositionName\tplayerForTestSetAndFuturePreds\n606336\tLuis Marte\t1993-12-15\tNA\tSan Francisco de Macoris\tNA\tDominican Republic\t73\t188\t6\tShortstop\tNA\n650911\tCristopher Sanchez\t1996-12-12\tNA\tLa Romana\tNA\tDominican Republic\t73\t165\t1\tPitcher\tNA\n657757\tGavin Sheets\t1996-04-23\tNA\tLutherville\tMD\tUSA\t77\t230\t3\tFirst Base\tNA\n663527\tTyler Nevin\t1997-05-29\tNA\tPoway\tCA\tUSA\t76\t225\t3\tFirst Base\tNA\n\nI know Luis Marte is still an active player - sort of - think he's made only brief appearances in the show.  I think that makes him a False in my book.\n\nWill google and make a new decision on the rest - I went with False for all 4 without looking :)"
  },
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}