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THE NBA WILL MAKE PUBLIC ITS REVIEWS OF CALLS IN THE LAST TWO MINUTES OF CLOSE GAMES.
THE NBA WILL MAKE PUBLIC ITS REVIEWS OF CALLS IN THE LAST TWO MINUTES OF CLOSE GAMES. I have made a number of posts arguing that sports leagues should make public their reviews of every call made by referees during … Continue reading
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THE COMMISSIONER PROPOSES TO RESTRICT SHIFTING IN BASEBALL—A TERRIBLE IDEA.
THE COMMISSIONER PROPOSES TO RESTRICT SHIFTING IN BASEBALL—A TERRIBLE IDEA. This article by Mark Townsend in Yahoo Sports tells how Rob Manfred, the new baseball commissioner, has been in office less than a day and he has already proposed “the … Continue reading
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INTEGRATING BASEBALL TEAMS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS..
INTEGRATING BASEBALL TEAMS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS. In Steven Goldman’s article, there is a photo and a story about each player who was the first black player for one of the 16 original franchises. After the color line was broken by … Continue reading
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MINOSO, SLAUGHTER, AND INTEGRATING BASEBALL.
MINOSO,SLAUGHTER, AND INTEGRATING BASEBALL. Although Minoso was a little better player than Slaughter, the major difference between them was in their roles in the integration of baseball. Slaughter, as this wikipedia entry says, was known “as one of the leaders … Continue reading
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BILL JAMES ON SLAUGHTER AND MINOSO.
BILL JAMES ON SLAUGHTER AND MINOSO. It occurred to me that my associating Minnie Minoso and Enos Slaughter may have come from Bill James. I checked in the BILL JAMES HISTORICAL BASEBALL ABSTRACT, published in 1986, and sure enough, in … Continue reading
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MINNIE MINOSO IS NOT IN THE HALL OF FAME; ENOS SLAUGHTER IS.
MINNIE MINOSO IS NOT IN THE HALL OF FAME; ENOS SLAUGHTER IS. Minnie Minoso failed again this week to be chosen for baseball’s Hall of Fame. It’s always problematic to argue that a player should be admitted to the Hall … Continue reading
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WHAT DIFFERENCE DO STEROIDS MAKE IN ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE?
WHAT DIFFERENCE DO STEROIDS MAKE IN ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE? How much difference did steroids make in the performance of baseball players in what may become known as the Steroid Era? The issue is debatable and is debated (you can google “steroids … Continue reading
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NATE SILVER: POLITICAL POLLS THAT ARE NOT RANDOM.
NATE SILVER: POLITICAL POLLS THAT ARE NOT RANDOM. I posted here about Nick’s statistics class in which one half of the class was supposed to flip a coin 30 times and document the results. The other half was to write … Continue reading
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BASEBALL STATISTICS “SHOULD COME WITH A MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSION OF THEIR PRECISION….”
BASEBALL STATISTICS “SHOULD COME WITH A MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSION OF THEIR PRECISION….” Sheldon Hirsch in this essay on baseball statistics asks questions that journalists do not usually ask about statistics. Hirsch asks how we can tell “which statistics to emphasize and … Continue reading
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THE FOLLOWERS OF BILL JAMES.
THE FOLLOWERS OF BILL JAMES. I boasted here about the fact that Mary Jane and I were among the early subscribers to whom Bill James dedicated his 1983 BASEBALL ABSTRACT. Joe Posnanski had an article on the NBC Sportsworld website … Continue reading
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