In 1970 Reggie Jackson led the American League in two unfortunate categories: strikeouts and caught stealing. I’m sure at the time Reggie was given great flak for his high number of strikeouts. But caught stealing? Probably a shrug. Funny how … Continue reading
The jazz world suffered a shocking blow last Thursday when multi-instrumentalist bandleader Joey DeFrancesco died at the age of 51. I’ve read a dozen articles about Joey’s life and death but still haven’t found one that details the cause of … Continue reading
On today’s episode of Math and Musings I offer a shortened version of a presentation I gave to a room full of educators this past Monday on using sports statistics as a teaching tool. It’s basically a description of what I … Continue reading
School for students starts tomorrow, though teachers have been back for a full week already. This means today’s my last “easy” day at work, the last day my classroom is relatively quiet, and, most importantly… the last day I can … Continue reading
Much has been made over the vaccination status of retired Yankees player and current broadcaster, Paul O’Neill. One of the most admired players of my youth, it’s a shame O’Neill’s legacy has been tarred a bit by this issue. No … Continue reading
On today’s episode of Math and Musings you will hear the somewhat unfortunate news that I had Covid. I say somewhat unfortunate because, yeah, for me it really was an absolute joke of a disease. Thankfully. Mildly inconvenient, I suppose, is … Continue reading
From the when I was a kid series… School never started until after Labor Day. Teachers returned the day after Labor Day (Tuesday), then students arrived Wednesday. Somehow without the Internet or e-mail or social media or anything like that they got … Continue reading
The Yankees and Red Sox play the ESPN Sunday night game often because, well, they put on a great show. Case in point last night, though I could have imagined a more victorious outcome for the Bronx Bombers. The team … Continue reading
Two things happened in the spring of 1989, just a few weeks apart as a matter of fact. April 3, 1989… Opening Day of the Major League Baseball season. This was the day I became obsessed with sports, aided by … Continue reading
You may have wondered where I was Monday… no post, no forwarding address or anything like that. If you’d listened to Math and Musings you knew I’d been Binghamton bound, and probably figured I was lying in a ditch somewhere. Yeah, … Continue reading