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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...
Channeling Rob Neyer: A different look at the Eclipse Awards
If you are a baseball fan and have spent any amount of time reading ESPN.com's Rob Neyer in the past you know that he likes to utilize a "Player A" vs. "Player B" approach to evaluating statistics between hitters or pitcher. The idea behind analyzing two players "anonymously" is to attempt to take...
Juice or No-Juice
During last weekend's Sunshine Millions Dash at Gulfstream Park, the middling gelding, This Ones for Phil, busted out a figure of 117 in his first start for oft-maligned trainer, Rick Dutrow. This has caused some speculation from the peanut gallery as to the reason behind Phil's sudden turn around,...
Bid on a Skating Lesson with Paul Wylie for Charity
The Jimmy Fund, which supports cancer research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, has set up an eBay auction of a figure skating lesson with Paul Wylie as part of its fundraising activities. Paul Wylie is pretty much the reason I love figure skating so I will definitely be jealous of...
...and more Kristi
Kristi Yamaguchi threw out the first pitch at Dodgers Stadium on Friday. And since I love baseball almost as much as figure skating I felt the need to share. Unfortunately, I could not find a like to the video - I'd love to see how Kristi did. She doesn't appear a natural ballplayer, she's so...
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