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10/10/09
As to "sunk costs": I am in reality a major advocate of ball clubs learning to understand what they are. I noted the studio's sunk costs only to emphasize how far the project had gone when it was cancelled, that it was not just a concept that was being killed.
"Total Average" isn't the standard measure because it isn't very good for anything. It is not enough to include the components of run-making to get a useful equation for it: those elements have to be combined in a way that reliably produces actual real-world runs results, not some arbitrary relative measure. The whole point of modern analysis is that it is not just another round of arbitrary, made-up relative comparison measures suitable only for fueling tavern debates, but rather measures that do--within the known limits of accuracy of probabilistic analysis--reliably produce absolute, not relative, measures that can be compared with actual results.
A note on the photo: being less vain than many of the folk who post snide cracks here, I don't have photos of myself lying about; that one was cropped down from one sent to us by friends at whose wedding reception it was taken, and was the only one I could find when asked for one. I assumed--ever-dangerous thing to do--that it would be seen as intentional humor.
10/08/09
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10/07/09
No, it's not and therefore I discount anything you say about baseball, even if I agree with some of it.
10/10/09
10/07/09
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10/10/09
And "bitter old man"? Dear me. I kept quiet about my work when I was doing it and for years after. It was Michael Lewis and Alan Schwarz who came to me with questions and who put my name out in public; I never wrote anything, including the articles here, save by invitation. I am not bitter, I am thankful that I got to do what I got to do. I am, though, sorry that so many hard-working others still have little or no public recognition.
10/07/09
10/07/09
No fucking shit, Sherlock.
10/07/09
10/10/09
10/07/09
JUST NO MIDGETS
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I have the same sign taped to my headboard.
10/07/09
10/07/09
5?
10/07/09
/fixed
10/07/09
Jesus Christ, self promotion is one thing, but you're going to separate your shoulder patting yourself on the back
10/10/09
10/07/09
What is next week, a two-parter from the ghost of Pop Warner patting himself on the back because he isn't getting props for being the genius behind the Wildcat offense?
10/10/09
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10/07/09
Save it for "The Learning Curve", Walker.
10/07/09