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Technology In Horse Racing: Part III - Statistics And Data
This is the third in a five-part series examining the role and implementation of technology within the horse racing industry. Part I featured a review of horse racing websites. Part II examined mobile applications. Handicapping horse races, for many, is an exercise in data analysis. Raw data --...
Should a pitcher have won the MVP?
Let's say you work at a programming company. You work hard, everyday, seven days a week. You do coding, and you do it as good as any regular programmer out there. But then there's this other guy -- he does his work better than anyone does there's, but he only works one day a week. He's obviously...
Broken But Not Broke: Fixing College Sports
When Walter Byers took over the position of Executive Director of the NCAA in 1951, he did so adamantly against even awarding athletic scholarships. It was only the sheer perseverance by coaches and administrators that precipitated his eventual surrender. Nonetheless, when he told the Associated...
It's Late, It's Fuller, It's Great
It took until the last at bat of a very long day, but the UConn baseball team knocked off Clemson 7-6 and stayed alive for yet another day. The fact that the Huskies took until the last second should not surprise anyone, after all, this was UConn and Clemson in an NCAA game, we've seen this movie...
Utah and TCU set to battle for Mountain West baseball title
Utah baseball enters their three game set against TCU looking to win the program's first ever Mountain West Conference regular season title. The Utes are currently 1.5 games back of the 10th ranked Frogs, though have three more conference losses, so there certainly is little room for error heading...
Prospect Peek: Jurickson Profar
A 16 year old shortstop $1.55mil international signee from Curacao, Jurickson Profar certainly brings a lot of excitement. When a player with that kind of potential makes their pro debut in low-A at age 17 and keeps their head above water it's reason to think the hype could blossom into real big...
What is LOB%?
Hello again er'body! I've just finished my second installment of the Saber Primer video series, this one entitled: "LOB%: The Luck Dragons, Part 1." If you have any questions about LOB% or the stats we use here on the site, head over to the Sabermetrics Library -- or, if you're feeling frisky,...
St. John's injury news: Justin Burrell breaks bone in face
A bad break for Justin Burrell. According to sources, told to me this morning + officially posted by the Daily News, Justin Burrell is out for the Marist game and likely out for the Virginia Tech tilt. He was hit in the face with an elbow (from Sean Evans) in practice that broke a bone. Not sure...
Still Ghetto, The Montauk Monster, Deadline Day, and OtherHappenings
Ah, a busy day at work, there is a (dude that's totally fake) Montauk Monster that washed up on the eastern LI shores (pictured @ left). The oldest recorded joke we know of is about flatulence, the next one is about sex. And below, a completely unnecessary photo of Danneel Harris, one of the...
Links 07.11.08 - Links Before Drinks
The hip hop kids would say McCain was creepin' behind the back of his first wife; your packaged foods may be shrinking by both volume and weight; I have no idea what's on Kat Denning's (pictured right) face, and the US' two largest mortgage lenders might need a government bail out to keep the...
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