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Battle for the Soul of Baseball — Measuring the Game with Invisible Rulers
Science, like any other human aspiration, is liable to self-deception. If we are uncritical we shall always find what we want.
Aug 18, 2023 · 9 min read
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Technology
Battle for the Soul of Baseball — Trust the Science
One of the most notable modern baseball scientists is Baltimore Orioles assistant GM for analytics, Sig Mejdal — a former NASA biomathematician.
Aug 10, 2023 · 8 min read
Baseball
Battle for the Soul of Baseball — Numbers in the DNA
Baseball people are famously allergic to new ideas. But numbers have been in the game's DNA from the very beginning.
Aug 3, 2023 · 7 min read
Baseball
Battle for the Soul of Baseball — Chadwick's Diamond
In time, the game will be brought down almost to a mathematical calculation of results from given causes — Henry Chadwick, 1868.
Jul 27, 2023 · 7 min read
Leadership
Notes from a Small Town Diamond
There will always be people who are ahead of the curve, and people who are behind the curve. But knowledge moves the curve.
Jul 20, 2023 · 6 min read
International
Project 421 and the Case for Curaçao
Why the Caribbean island of Curaçao could relieve the international recruitment pressures of the Dominican Republic.
May 12, 2015 · 10 min read