It had been one of the few Mets offseasons with a glow. A new owner who, at least at the moment, wants to run the team like it should be run. The acquisition of possibly the most fun player in the league in Francisco Lindor. But this is the Mets, and stepping on a rake […]
While the film”Moneyball” is now canon for those analytics motion in baseball — or more precisely those seeking to follow its spread into essentially every other game — people who’ve read this book know that Billy Beane did not invent them together using some intern that he ransomed from Cleveland (and each Cleveland resident… Read…
You probably haven’t thought much lately about Valparaiso University, the Lutheran school about an hour southeast of Chicago, in the Indiana town that lends its name to the institution. Read more…