Statistical Insanity Baseball Style

Baseball more than any other sport, has a statistic for every possible situation. A new one that I heard today ..... " In his last nine starts with a series sweep of his team on the line, he has an 0 and 7 record with a 7.49 earned run average." (Ummmmmm OK, was my reaction upon hearing.) As much of a statistics geek as I am, I would have never wondered about that one on my own. I guess you can update that after today to 0 and 8 in his last ten starts in that situation and an even higher ERA as the pitcher in question got roughed up and wasn't in the game for long.

Just glad that it wasn't a Yankee pitcher. Who thinks up these things and how tedious must that have been to research? Hopefully there's a super computer somewhere where a super statistical nerd type can plug in a situation that no one else would have ever thought of and it gives you the numbers in less than five seconds. I'd hate to think that it's just one guy going through a pile of newspapers and boxscores.

Other notes .....

• While at work, a young and pretty girl smiles at me several times and I forget for a few moments how old I am. Then the realization hits ..... Old enough to be her Grandfather. It would be nice to be young again and still believe in things like love.
• Was that restraunt serious? I would have had to have a parallel universe version of me and two or three clones sitting there at the table to have been able to finish off that breakfast portion that they served up this morning.
• Then there's this .......