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I might have to tune in to a NASCAR race this season to check out the Dogecoin car in action.
very race
so left turn
I might have to tune in to a NASCAR race this season to check out the Dogecoin car in action.
very race
so left turn
Someone over at reddit compiled a set of all-star rosters based on players current WAR stat on Baseball Reference. WAR = Wins Above Replacement, and is used to compare how many wins a player contributes to the team above a generic replacement level player. Here’s the starting lineups:
For the starters, I simply selected the player with the highest WAR (according to baseball-reference, aka rWAR) at each position, including one starting pitcher. For the NL DH, I selected the player with the highest offensive WAR that wasn’t already at a different starting position.
Then there’s all the backup players:
For the reserves, I first selected the player with the second-highest WAR at each position. For pitchers, I selected the four next-highest starters and the top three relievers (you’ll notice these aren’t necessarily closers). I then accounted for any teams which didn’t already have a player represented and chose the player from their team with the highest WAR. ???? ???? ????? For the remaining spots, I chose the next-highest WARs across all teams and positions, with a total of 13 pitchers on each roster. ????? ???? ???? ??????
See some notable absentees? Perhaps guys from major market teams who are going to get voted in based on popularity not how good they are this year at baseballing: David Ortiz. ????? ???? ??????? Derek Jeter.
You know what’s great about baseball (and other sports) based commercials? They’re not all the same. ???? ???? ??????? Have you seen one of the 2 different car commercials? 888 casino arab You’ve basically seen them all — they either swanky look at our luxury or sporty look at how awesome this car is – it can drive on a train. With commercials that have a sporty focus, they can head to the humor zone. And with that comes tons of potential stories and, therefore, memorable and maybe even enjoyable commercials. ????? ?????? ??? ????????
Check out this ad for SportsCenter where a Pittsburgh Pirate Andrew McCutchen leads a merry band of pirate mascots on an office raid:
Another way the commercials can go, is sentimental and remember when you played the sport as a kid:
After you’re done crying, I think you’ll agree that we need to go find some auto maker ad firms and take those people outside and show them what they’re missing.
Last week, Businessweek published a fun tool for calculating what they call an “efficiency index.” This is what there using to figure out how much a team spends per win and how that compares to the league average. ??? 365 They are taking into account playoff and championship wins as a multiplier value compared to regular season wins. ??????? ??? ????? ????? That multiplier is what you can adjust. ???? ???? ????? ??? ???? You can set it to only show a single league, say MLB, and start increasing the value of post-season wins. Watch as the Marlins plummet from the top as the Yankees begin their climb.
Check it out: Smartest Spenders in Sports 2014
Happy almost first Saturday in May. You know what that means… It’s Derby Time!
So grab your over-sized hats and substantial fascinators because the 140th derby is tomorrow. Pour yourself a strong mint julep, find your rose garland, and sing along to My Old Kentucky Home.
Now that you’re mostly prepared, it’s time for learning about the horses, and for that I’m going to strap a feed bag of useless untrue horse info to your face:
So let’s get out there and yell at some horses for 3 minutes after drinking whiskey for 3 hours!
Spring is a time of awakening. A time of new beginnings. So with that, I again renew the power of the Nerds on Sports for more nerdy, more sporty, and more nerdy and sporty things. ??? ???? ?????
Do you think I can get Scott Carroll to endorse Nerds on Sports? ???? ????????? bwin
If your fantasy team is looking for a possible SP pickup, you should check out Mr Carroll here, who got a win in his major league debut this past week.
I’ll probably fail again, but that will be ok. Everybody fails a few times… Nerds on Sports fails more than a few times. ????? ???? ??????? But it’s ok — look Bryce Harper is giving me a thumbs up, and he only has 1 thumb to give!
Ever wonder how many players in the MLS are actually American born. Or maybe how many foreign players have decided that the MLS is where they can go to make money playing the game they love especially when we all know that the European leagues are where the money and talent is truly at. This weeks graphic is a map of the world highlighting MLS player’s home countries. Check it out (you probably want to click through to the full size PDF version):
As a nerd, I’m sure you’ve had people say that video games are ruining young people and that the world is doomed to eternal damnation because people play video games. I’m not saying that you should eschew everything else and focus solely on video gaming, but I do have a nice picture that may help combat some of the hate.