hi.
statisticians are funny. actually, i would have loved to be one. honestly. i admired anthony "walking statbook" gates in high school who knew every big and little number in NFL history.
still, statisticians are funny. i saw and heard a couple of where-the-aitch-did-they-find-that-one stats about the sox' victory last night over the tigers:
- boston has now won its last 27 games in which it has scored five or more runs, the longest current streak of its kind in the majors.
- they became "only" the ninth team in MLB history to lead a league or division by eight or more games entering 15th may.
upon further review, the first one actually has some merit to it. props to the sox' offense and defense. but that second one...hmmmm. a styx song comes to mind.
see ya.
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I *love* baseball stats. I do. I like to listen to genuine stats, and I like to make them up. "This is the 18th straight start for the Ottawa Sandstones in which the left-handed starting pitcher was replaced by a left-handed reliever in the third or fourth inning when the batter's birthday was in the same month as the game in question, and the catcher was less than 6-feet-1-inch-tall and had a batting average of .325 or more when the date was an odd number. A similar streak concerning right handed pitchers, relievers, batters, and even-numbered days was recorded back in 1964 by the Cardinals during the month of June, when the average weekly cost of a paper happened to be $1.11, which happened to be the birthday (January 11) of the manager's 2nd cousin, who also, coincidentally, happened to be right-handed and lived in Ottawa at the time, despite the fact that his father and grandfather had both been left -handed and had prime numbered birthdays (March 19 and July 5, respectively) ..."
I love it!
very good, tworivers. very good.
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