On Mon. evening Sept. 15, 2014 I gave a talk at Whitney Center, a retirement community, in Hamden, Ct. I was also invited to have dinner with some of the residents where I had the privilege of meeting Dr. Robert Adair. In 1945 at age 20 during WWII in Germany he was shot in the …
Month: September 2014
Baseball is truly America’s Pastime and transcends generations. In the past, some of our guest bloggers have talked about their favorite baseball memories with their fathers and how baseball bonded them. Today’s blog has a different look: a father expressing his delight in taking his children and grandchildren to the game. Because of his love …
As a life-time Yankee fan I was very concerned about the weather for Jeter’s last home game at Yankee Stadium which was scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 25. Wednesday night’s weather forecast for Thursday called for afternoon and evening heavy rain. Would Jeter’s final home-game be cancelled? If cancelled would it be made up? It is …
Bill James, the Father of Sabermetrics, introduced his ”Pythagorean Theorem of Baseball”. His theorem provides a formula to predict a team’s winning percentage (W%) using the runs scored (RS) and runs allowed (RA) by the team for a season. Sabermetrics uses mathematics (especially Statistics) to make objective baseball decisions. The Pythagorean Theorem of Baseball states: …