Tag Archives: Cubs

Does Your Team’s W-L Record Have an Impact on the Elections?

Posted on 5 November, 2012 by Diane

After you’ve exhausted all of your reading on the polls regarding tomorrow’s election, you start to read of quirks which might point to one party or another winning the election. So, in that vein, does one specific team’s won-loss record … Continue reading →

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Noun You Tell Me!

Posted on 23 January, 2012 by Diane

In the aftermath of the “Verb Players” post, reader Kurt Blumenau lamented to me: Shame Emil Verban and Joe Verbanic didn’t qualify. I then wondered if there were any players whose names were the same as the actual parts of … Continue reading →

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Roadkilling the competition

Posted on 30 August, 2011 by

When last we met, I described the oddity of the Milwaukee Brewers having more wins at home than the Astros had all year.  Turns out its happened in 65 different seasons from 1904-2010. So, the obvious follow-up question is . … Continue reading →

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