March 29, 2004
Sports Math
Baseball is not something I know a lot about, or follow very closely. As a result, I was not aware that batters get beaned more often in the American League than in the National.
But, this is apparently the case, and, is now the subject of scientific research. Researchers at the University of the South, who clearly need better facilities so that they can work on things like curing cancer or eliminating beehive hairdos, have formulated a theory that the AL beaning phenomenon is due to the designated hitter rule.
The explanation is believable, from a psychological perspective, but they don't give data so we just have to trust them.
Posted by at March 29, 2004 1:38 PM
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Also in sports news, Mexico has set up a gay football league.
Posted by: maw at March 30, 2004 4:38 PM