"There's Lawler's Law, folks. First to 100 wins. It's the law."
This oft-repeated phrase by Clippers television broadcaster Ralph Lawler has been the subject of my personal fascination for a long time. Now it's the subject of an L.A. Times story.
It ran as the Column One, a spot for special feature stories, on Apr. 16, 2019.
I also wrote a little bit about why my background motivated me to do this deep dive.
The code and data contained here outline my process for the analysis behind the story. I used python (version 3.6) and R (3.4).
The data folder contains the process for gathering the data. It's written using two python scripts, both contained within jupyter notebooks. Check that folder's README for more.
The thelaw folder contains the code that did the analysis. It's written in R, spread across some R Markdown files. That folder's README has a table of contents.
Questions? Critiques? Get in touch: ryan.menezes@latimes.com or @ryanvmenezes.
