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Red Sox Batting Stances

For as long as I can remember, it’s always been fun to imitate some of favorite player’s batting stances. I would have never have thought to take a video of these imitations, but I’m glad that that BattingStances on ye old YouTube has.
Check out their video of Red Sox batting stances (past and present):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m0cyvfvMK0

A.J. Pierzynski Trains with a Nintendo DS

The idea of games being used for reasons beyond entertainment is nothing new, but there hasn’t been a standout title that crossed the barrier. Nintendo is currently trying their hardest to change the way we think of games. They have been doing this for a while with games like Mario Paint, but more recently they [...]

Patriots Are Undefeated in Nicaragua

In Nicaragua, children are walking around wearing championship gear from the New England Patriots’ expected Super Bowl win. Every year, World Vision sends the “unwanted” shirts to poor children in Latin America and Africa. I posted about this last year, but this year it really hit home.
If one of those Nicaraguan kids managed to obtain [...]

Manny: “If I Die Tonight, I Die as a Champion!”

The Boston Red Sox are champions for the 2nd time in my lifetime, the New England Patriots and BC Football are both 8-0, the Celtics have one of the most promising lineups in recent memory, and my alma mater RIT Tigers hockey team upset Cornell 4-1 in front of a 5000+ crowd. I don’t have [...]

Baseball: Does Salary Have an Impact on Performance?

Ben Fry, PhD., has updated his “Salary vs. Performance” visualization for the 2007 season. The visualization compares how much money each team spends on their roster (i.e. total of all salaries for every player on their team) with their performance to date. Teams in blue are getting their money’s worth, whereas teams in the red [...]