Archive for October, 2007
A-Rod opts out (and oh yeah, Red Sox win World Series)
Monday, October 29th, 2007Has there been a free-agent on the market of this calibre since, well A-Rod was last on the market? (Oh yeah, congratulations to the Red Sox for winning the World Series.) For those of you who somehow didn’t hear, Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez announced that he’s tearing up the most expensive contract in baseball history (that […]
I thought we were all professionals here
Thursday, October 25th, 2007This is the story of my search for professional hitters. You know the type. He’s a .260-.270 (read: average) hitter, but a “guy who does the little things with the bat that don’t show up in the box score.” He makes “productive outs” (there’s an oxymoron!) He’s “good with the bat.” He “moves runners along.” […]
The playoffs, The Gambler’s fallacy, and The 50-50-90 rule
Monday, October 22nd, 2007One of the basic rules of statistics applied to last night’s Game 7 of the ALCS last night: The 50-50-90 Rule. If there’s something that’s a 50/50 shot for the team for which you are cheering, your team will lose 90% of the time. That is, unless you’re a Red Sox fan. But I grew […]
Did Doug Mientkiewicz get Joe Torre fired?
Friday, October 19th, 2007In what was the second least convincing lie told yesteday (the first being the Indians use of Josh Beckett’s ex-girlfriend to sing the National Anthem before Game 5 of the ALCS being… ready?… an “incredible coincidence!”), the Yankees attempted to make it look like they wanted Joe Torre to stick around. It’s just that they […]
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