Maybe the pendulum has swung too far. Data is ruining baseball. Turns out it’s best to only let starting pitchers go five or six innings. And have fielders adjust position based on the batter’s entire history of plate appearances. And since the pitchers are speeding the ball at 100 MPH consistently, the batters are employing […]

My wife hates sports but loves reality TV shows with a great narratives. We watched 8 episodes of Series 1 of this on Friday and ended up watching qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix together today (and she has NEVER watched a sporting event with me). We’re going to watch the race together tomorrow. This […]

Trailer: https://bit.ly/3vcNhNU 1 This Netflix series is strangely satisfying…no, it’s incredibly engrossing, if you turn it on you won’t turn it off, it will instantly make you a fan of Formula 1. I follow Formula 1 the way I follow the Tour de France. I see who wins, the standings, but I no longer watch […]

https://bit.ly/3oE5r8M I’ve been thinking I was born at the wrong time. Now I’m not so sure. On one hand I was born at exactly the right time, I was 10 when the Beatles broke, I was there for the British Invasion, I saw the whole movie, many of my contemporaries were not, if you were […]