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Category Archives: Sport
Negotiating the Strike Zone During a Major League Baseball Game
Baseball is a game of brilliant and beautiful contrasts. People who don’t understand the game describe it as slow when in fact there is so much going on between one pitch and the next that it takes careful concentration and … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Sport
Tagged baseball, Bryce Harper, Greg Maddux, Jonathan Lucroy, pitch framing, sport, strike zone
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WAR: Wins Above Replacement – What is it Good For?
“WAR! Huh! Good God. What is it good for? “Absolutely nothing” according to the song by Edwin Starr. Many major league baseball analysts disagree. WAR (Wins Above Replacement) has become one of the most oft-cited statistics among those who take an … Continue reading
The Safety in Numbers Effect
Does the chance of a cyclist being involved in a fatal accident increase as the number of cyclists on the road increases? The answer may surprise you. While the raw number of cycling fatalities does increase as the number of cyclists on … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, Sport
Tagged cycling, cycling in the Netherlands, cycling infrastructure, Netherlands, oecd, safety in numbers effect, sport
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Precision Choreographed Martial Arts
Check out this video of a Chinese team from the 10th World Wushu Championships held in Toronto in 2009. Amazing. Roughly translated, “wushu” is Chinese for “martial arts”. Competitive wushu has two components: taolu (forms) and sanda (sparring). I believe … Continue reading
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