Tag: sports
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How the 2012 Red Sox Spent $200 Million On A Dumpster Fire – by Jolly Olive The 2012 Boston Red Sox season is widely regarded as the most embarrassing and toxic year in the franchise’s modern history. Following a massive late-season collapse in 2011, during which GM Theo Epstein also left the organization, the team…
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“No One Wants Albert Pujols’ Cards… Here’s Why!” – from Scottie B Cards I enjoy Scottie B’s videos because he dives into a lot of data that reveals some very interesting conclusions about the card market for certain baseball players. Albert Pujols is one of the greatest players of all time, with over 700 career…
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“Why aren’t we using sports to teach science?” – Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World Sagan was apparently a huge fan of basketball as a way to teach science and mathematics. In his book, The Demon-Haunted World, Sagan’s bit about using basketball to teach probability and logic is classic for him—he’s always looking for sneaky scaffolding.…