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Statistics, Probabilities, and a Reading of Sixteen-Inning Baseball
See, that’s the weird thing about probability and chaos—and, by extension, baseball. There’s always a chance, however small, to see something rare and special; to watch an electron tunnel through a barrier, or a particle burst into existence, or a player bat a home run off a position player nearly six hours after their game…
Myles Garrett, Football’s Hypocrisy, and the Absurdity of “Consensual” Violence
Myles Garrett’s violence created a flashpoint for that mindset—it evoked the reaction that it did because, in a game where multiple players were taken off the field with more damage to their skulls and brains than Mason Rudolph received from Garrett’s helmet-slam, it revealed just how transparent that line of thinking really was. It revealed…
A Tribute, to the Olympics: The Swansong of the Greatest of All Time
In those core four American sports—your football, your baseball, your basketball, your hockey—I have never been around to watch one that the world would later refer to as the Greatest of All-Time. I was too young for Jordan and Gretzky by a few years, and Aaron, Montana, and Young by many, many more. The closest I’ve…
A (Not So Brief) Aside on My Favorite Beatles Song
I don’t consider myself a diehard Beatles fan; I’m probably more just a step or two above the millions of casual listeners who can sing along to Hey Jude and Let it Be and not much else. Like a lot of classic rock bands, I’ve listened to most of their studio albums at least once, a couple…
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Sunset Over Ithaca 