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Baseball brawls, culture and ethnicity

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by SnarkShark, Oct 2, 2015.

  1. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    Because they are teammates, and that's not the criteria.
     
  2. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    I would think the DH alone screws up this math.
     
  3. linotype

    linotype Well-Known Member

    Don't be silly.
     
  4. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

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  5. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

    Or maybe this is the better pic:

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  6. Neutral Corner

    Neutral Corner Well-Known Member

    No, they get blindsided and then speared. Fascist bastards.
     
  7. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    Thank you for those answers to questions that weren't asked.
     
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  8. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    Devil edumacating dq on stats. Mmmm mmmm good.
     
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  9. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    Yes, heaven forbid people who are in educations a journalism ask questions.

    Baseball Demographics, 1947-2012 | SABR.

    The ratio of white pitchers in baseball is larger than their overall representation. Not enough to explain the beanball data, but it brings it down.

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    Now, what really jumped out at me was this...

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    Could this have more to do with these numbers? And, it's probably a bigger story, there are no black catchers?

    But there I go asking questions. What channel is Fox News on in these parts?
     
  10. Big Circus

    Big Circus Well-Known Member

    Isn't Russell Martin a black catcher? I know he's Canadian, but I'd still count him.

    Who was the last before him? Charles Johnson?
     
  11. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Huh?
     
  12. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    That's a job for the fivethirtyeight guys.
     
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