(In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeU.) Three of the most significant names in American sports history collide tonight when Army and Notre Dame not only play the fiftieth game in their historic rivalry (for a summary of every game, click here), but do so at Yankee […]
Archive for November 20th, 2010
Historic Rivalry Returns to Yankee Stadium; Army, Notre Dame Wake Up Echoes of Legends Past
Posted in Culture, Nostalgia, Yankee Stadium, tagged Army, College Football, Notre Dame on November 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
AL Cy Young Voting Only a Minor Skirmish in Stats War
Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, tagged Cy Young, Felix Hernandez, Sabremetrics on November 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The American League Cy Young race was seen by many as a battleground between modern sabremetrics and old fashioned statistical analysis. As a result, the “controversial” selection of Felix Hernandez was heralded in some corners as the dawning of an age of enlightenment, while in others it was viewed as a turn to the “dark side”. […]