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http://ken.arneson.name/2014/11/10-things-i-believe-about-baseball-without-evidence/

I won't even spoil it a little bit.

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Very interesting article. Thanks for sharing.

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  • 4 weeks later...
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Fantastic article! I'm only part-way through it, but will dive in deeper later.

I had never seen this "Geek Zone" area until today. I usually just look at ALL new posts, rather than by category. I've been missing out!  Anyway, I've written a very geeky spreadsheet thing for tee time analysis in this thread-->http://thesandtrap.com/t/78215/article-says-real-reason-for-slow-play-is-short-tee-time-intervals/90#post_1098403.      Maybe that could be moved here to the Geek Zone? I don't want to clutter that thread since I was hoping to discuss analyzing a spreadsheet model for golf course flow. Of course, if nobody contributes to the model there, I guess there's no harm done over there and just let it die.

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http://ken.arneson.name/2014/11/10-things-i-believe-about-baseball-without-evidence/

I won't even spoil it a little bit.

Very interesting article.  He writes well.  I'll probably read some of his other stuff as well.

But then again, what the hell do I know?

Rich - in name only

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[QUOTE name="iacas" url="/t/78945/grand-unification-theory-of-baseball#post_1090063"]   [URL=http://ken.arneson.name/2014/11/10-things-i-believe-about-baseball-without-evidence/]http://ken.arneson.name/2014/11/10-things-i-believe-about-baseball-without-evidence/[/URL] I won't even spoil it a little bit. [/QUOTE] Very interesting article.  He writes well.  I'll probably read some of his other stuff as well.

Ditto. This one is a gem-->http://ken.arneson.name/2014/12/the-long-long-history-of-why-i-do-not-like-the-josh-donaldson-trade/ Yah that's the long history alright. I'm not sure how to categorize his stuff. Intellectual, technical, scientific, but casual and insightful with how he thinks.

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Holy Crap!!!!  And to think, I always thought my beloved Red Sox lost games because the other team played better that day.  I'll never look at Fenway the same way again.  Good read!!.................the Mailman

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