January 19, 2006

Pie-o-metrics.: A novel graphical pie chart method has been developed to help decide when to pull the pitcher. It is a couple of years too late for a G Little in Beantown.

posted by gspm to baseball at 11:01 AM - 3 comments

Not trying to slam the Red Sox (hey, they won the following year) but really, that is the one big example people will think of when the question of "should I pull the pitcher?" arises. (via)

posted by gspm at 11:03 AM on January 19, 2006

As a math/computer geek, I'm just loving this. However, I doubt we'll see the day where the catcher comes out to the pitcher to have a delay chat because "the manager needed to reboot his laptop".

posted by grum@work at 12:51 PM on January 19, 2006

Once again we are losing the human aspect. This is just a general math average. Maybe we should just have robots play sports, ther'e more prodictable.

posted by volfire at 07:35 PM on January 19, 2006

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