Category Archives: Baseball

WHAT I HAVE IN COMMON WITH NORMAN MAILER. My wife Mary Jane and I are on a list with Norman Mailer. Bill James had the graciousness to dedicate the 1983 edition of THE BILL JAMES BASEBALL ABSTRACT to about ninety … Continue reading →

LEFT HANDED CATCHERS? Sharon Begley, who consistently has very interesting and understandable articles on science in the Wall Street Journal, has an article today (February 16) on multiple regression research on baseball by J.C. Bradbury. He confirms, as others have … Continue reading →

SIGNS OF SPRING. Pitchers and catchers report today.

DO BASEBALL PLAYERS HAVE HOT STREAKS? I had always refused to pay attention to the junk statistics on TV sports shows about players’ performances in the previous short run of games. “Small samples,” I sniffed. But last summer two bits … Continue reading →

THE QUESTION I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE ASKED. It was 25 years ago in December, 1981 in a bar in Greenwich Village. I was with my wife Mary Jane. There was a lovely heavy snow falling and the bar had … Continue reading →