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May 18, 2009

Stats vs. Rings

While we watched the Los Angeles Lakers play the Houston Rockets in game seven, someone asked, "Who is the greatest basketball player ever?"

"Michael Jordan," my brother-in-law said without hesitation.

Felix asked, "What makes a basketball player great? Is it his stats or the number of championship rings he’s won?"

Assertively and persuasively someone proposed that winning championship rings is what makes you great.

"It’s the stats!" Felix disputed. "Robert Horry has seven championship rings. Is he a great player?" [more]

March 31, 2008

Baseball statistics and parenting

The 2008 baseball season has barely started and I’m already reminded of what drives me absolutely nuts about America's pastime: The endless stats. And baseball, more than any other sport – is married to its statistics.

From the “fist time the home pitcher has struck out the side in the top of the first inning followed by a lead-off home run in the bottom of the first” to “the most extra base hits” – I was just about set to throw Kolby’s guitar through the TV.
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