hint: sparse blogging may resultThere’s a reason why my blogging schedule has been light the last few days, a situation that may continue well into this week. This opinion column from the Vancouver Sun (In praise of getting drunk on…
Tag: Diversion
short diversion / baseball, but not what you think
a lovely piece of writingIt was this paragraph in a short essay that told me that this writer would probably have something to say, and would say it well: Baseball, in particular, had always seemed both twee and annoying—especially given…
Sunday diversion: of Pythagorus and baseball odds
The plusses and minuses mean a lot For baseball fans who don’t get the stat geek world, this Sports Illustrated piece nicely captures the science behind the Probability of Playoffs column you see in some renditions of Major League…
Sunday driving: down memory lane for October 2008 predictions about New York real estate
not quite all of the usual suspectsKeeping up the lighter weekend fare, while staying away from the bread and butter of closed Manhattan loft sales for another post, I came across a piece from the New York Daily News with…
Tagged with: 2008, Cheap Shot, Diversion, Lehman, Nuclear Winter, Ny Daily News, Peak, Predictions, Trump
Sunday diversion / faulty logic, but very interesting baseball question
Jayson Stark poked me in the eye (unintentionally, but still)If you are a fan of Manhattan Loft Guy baseball diversions, you know I have taken a pretty hard line about reigning National League MVP Ryan Braun. (Refresh yourself with my…
Tagged with: Baseball, Cheating, Diversion, Jayson Stark, Logic, Performance, Phil Rizzuto, Ryan Braun, Testosterone
Sunday diversion / good baseball numbers
use your power for good, not for evil (or boredom)Baseball stat geeks are sometimes boring, sometimes stupid as well as trivial (as in “Johnny Littlebat is hitting .350 in Tuesday day games, but at .180 he can’t buy a hit…
Sunday diversion, mf & hoops edition
those were the daysWhile Andy Pettite practices his big league stare in the Bronx, Roger Clemens stews in DC, and mothers everywhere recover from their home-made breakfasts, let’s go the the basketball courts, though not to the NBA. To DC…
Sunday diversion has questions / baseball questions, but still questions
a confession is required, another is merely requestedThe confessions is required is from me, though the question is whether a likely Hall of Fame catcher needs to confess. My confession is that I clicked on the Tom Verducci piece from…
Tagged with: Baseball, Diversion, Hall Of Fame, Mlb, Ped, Questions, Rodriguez, Sports Illustrated, Verducci
Sunday diversion / there are “rules” about foul balls, don'cha ya know
viral is as viral does, though starting in NY helpsMaybe it is the power of Yankee media, or maybe it is just that any trivial thing that happens involving the Yankees can’t be too trivial, but if you watched the…
Tagged with: Baseball, Dead Spin, Diversion, Foul Ball, Rules, Sports Illustrated, Today Show, Toddler, Viral
Sunday diversion / back to baseball
but nothing perfectAnd not about the very imperfect game thrown yesterday by Freddy Garcia. (You’re welcome, RS Nation.) This is one of the well-done uses of baseball stats, with an obvious headline but interesting supporting data: Quit throwing strikes to…
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