A good quote from this blog post: “…the problem is not with the tabloids publishing bad stuff, the problem is with with journalists who think that being published in a top journal is some sort of indication of correctness.”      

Last year’s Triple Crown winner and AL MVP, Miguel Cabrera, retains the top spot based on total production.  He’s followed by Chris Davis, Joey Votto, Carlos Gonzalez, and Paul Goldschmidt.  David Ortiz and Troy Tulowitzki, who have both missed time this year with injuries round out the top ten in total production, though their yearly…

Sent to me by a lawyer friend: The Prop 8 thing is a big deal, but the Court didn’t make any substantive ruling. Basically, Prop 8 was ruled unconstitutional in Federal District Court, the parties defending it (the proponents of Prop 8, not the State of California) appealed to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals…

Originally posted on DMFunZone: Thanks to Mark Tisdale for the NYC Skyline

Originally posted on StatsbyLopez: Random notes from the Bruins Blackhawks series, and some final numbers from the Bruins postseason run. 1- Chicago had more shots than the Bruins in 5 of 6 games, outshooting the Bruins by an average of 6 shots a game. That said, using the unofficial collection of NBC’s scoring chances (the NHL…

Originally posted on Slackpropagation: To many people, “geek” and “nerd” are synonyms, but in fact they are a little different. Consider the phrase “sports geek” — an occasional substitute for “jock” and perhaps the arch-rival of a “nerd” in high-school folklore. If “geek” and “nerd” are synonyms, then “sports geek” might be an oxymoron. (Furthermore,…

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If you’re going to use a Schunk in a beamer slide, make sure you open the slide with \begin{slide}[fragile].  I kept leaving out the “fragile” part and getting an error.  Hopefully this post will save someone out there some time in the future. Cheers.