My grandmother passed away Wednesday night.  She was 93 years old.  She had 9 children, 14 grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren. Amazing. Here is an excerpt from her obituary: Pauline would eventually meet her future husband, Lieutenant Michael Toms, on a ship heading for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, where they would both survive the infamous attack on…

My record last year Total (weeks 1-9) – SU: 83-47 ATS: 66-62-4 O/U: 75-56-1 Week 1 – SU: 10-6 ATS: 10-6 O/U: 11-5 Week 2 – SU: 8-8 ATS: 9-7 O/U: 9-7 Week 3 – SU: 10-6 ATS: 2-14 O/U: 7-8-1 Week 4 – SU: 10-5 ATS: 9-6 O/U: 9-6 Week 5 – SU: 7-7 ATS: 9-4-1 O/U: 6-8 Week 6…

My record last year Total (weeks 1-8) – SU: 75-42 ATS: 61-54-4 O/U: 67-51-1 Week 1 – SU: 10-6 ATS: 10-6 O/U: 11-5 Week 2 – SU: 8-8 ATS: 9-7 O/U: 9-7 Week 3 – SU: 10-6 ATS: 2-14 O/U: 7-8-1 Week 4 – SU: 10-5 ATS: 9-6 O/U: 9-6 Week 5 – SU: 7-7 ATS: 9-4-1 O/U: 6-8 Week 6…

Originally posted on Quomodocumque: A while ago I wrote a little Python code that used career data from Baseball-Reference Play Index (the best $36/year a number-loving baseball fan can spend) to answer the question:  given a pair of teams, which player contributed the most to both teams?  My metric for this is (WAR for team 1 *…

My record last year Total (weeks 1-7) – SU: 68-37 ATS: 54-49-2 O/U: 60-44-1 Week 1 – SU: 10-6 ATS: 10-6 O/U: 11-5 Week 2 – SU: 8-8 ATS: 9-7 O/U: 9-7 Week 3 – SU: 10-6 ATS: 2-14 O/U: 7-8-1 Week 4 – SU: 10-5 ATS: 9-6 O/U: 9-6 Week 5 – SU: 7-7 ATS: 9-4-1 O/U: 6-8 Week 6…

Through 6 weeks of the NFL season, there are currently five (FIVE!?!?!) undefeated teams in the NFL: The Patriots, Bengals, Broncos, Panthers, and Packers.   This seems like a lot. So, as suggested by someone on twitter, I ran a simulation to see how rare this was.  I actually ran 2 quick simulations, the first…

Source: World statistics day

My record last year Total (weeks 1-6) – SU: 57-34 ATS: 48-41-2 O/U: 50-40-1 Week 1 – SU: 10-6 ATS: 10-6 O/U: 11-5 Week 2 – SU: 8-8 ATS: 9-7 O/U: 9-7 Week 3 – SU: 10-6 ATS: 2-14 O/U: 7-8-1 Week 4 – SU: 10-5 ATS: 9-6 O/U: 9-6 Week 5 – SU: 7-7 ATS: 9-4-1 O/U: 6-8 Week 6 –…

The MLB playoffs are stupid.  That being said, I’m going to watch every game because the playoffs are awesome. Let me clear things up a bit.  The playoffs are awesome.  The structure of the playoffs is stupid.  Let’s start with the dumbest of all: the one game playoff.  Nothing in baseball (with the reasonable exception of…

The play here was clearly to accept without giving them any more information.