For the last several years my involvement with baseball changed from just an avid baseball fan to an educator, an author, a writer, a researcher, and a speaker on the topic of baseball. Each of these new roles has brought me in contact with many wonderful people, who have provided me with their personal baseball …
Month: March 2016
Spring break for Quinnipiac students also means the QU Baseball Team has its traditional Spring Break foray to the warmth of the south. Their 2nd stop on their southern tour brought them to FGCU (Florida Gulf Coast University) in Fort Myers, FL. They played 4 games in 3 days against the FGCU Eagles. The last …
My wife Tara and I were vacationing in Naples a week before Christmas. We love to walk on our favorite beach there. It was two days (not the night) before Christmas when, during a morning walk on the beach, I accidentally stepped on the words Merry Christmas made in the sand. The woman who was …
What you will read below was written by my former student Kevin Faggella. Kevin was a math major at Quinnipiac University. Kevin later joined me in my sabermetric research. Kevin provided many helpful suggestions during the time I was writing my book: “Sandlot Stats; Learning Statistics with Baseball.” He was also the recipient of The …