I asked about pops a few seasons ago and no one had heard hide nor hair of him. I thought I would ask again, or more like just bring it up as a bit of a blast from the past.
Bases was pops' sport. He was quite the computer guru (Harvard man I remember reading) and farmed and integrated data from multiple sources like no one else. There were some here at the RX which understood the dynamic spreadsheet he used to track and integrate MLB stats. I believe some of the guys actually put together a webinar to help other RXers understand it. I can't remember ever seeing any posts on anyone else keeping this alive, but the thing was legendary. I used to download it and pour over it as much as I had time for but it was over my head.
Pops also had a system of keeping track of umpires (where's waldo) - who tended to give the most overs and unders. It was very successful for a long time, but (I think) the season before he stopped posting it didn't do so well. I wonder - are there resources available where it would be easy to go about recreating something like this? I think I'll check around the net this weekend when I have some time. In the meantime, does anyone have any ump tracking resources on hand or know or any?
Also read he wasn't allowed inside the continental US for a long time as he was wanted for trying to fix a sports event and Uncle Sam finally relented on humanitarian grounds because of his advanced age. As the kids say, that's pretty gangster. Actually, that's really gangster. That's pretty much the definition of the word gangster when used as a bastard adjective like this -- or damn close to it.
I remember he was going to start a website for a while but I don't think it ever came to fruition. I remember I checked on it a few times years ago and all it had on it was placeholder pics of hot (college age/non-pornographic) Asian girls - guess that was pops' thing - but no sports related content….
Obviously, I don't know what's true (who does on the internet) but I remember what I read - now the stuff of faded legends.
Baseball as America. Or something like that.
Bases was pops' sport. He was quite the computer guru (Harvard man I remember reading) and farmed and integrated data from multiple sources like no one else. There were some here at the RX which understood the dynamic spreadsheet he used to track and integrate MLB stats. I believe some of the guys actually put together a webinar to help other RXers understand it. I can't remember ever seeing any posts on anyone else keeping this alive, but the thing was legendary. I used to download it and pour over it as much as I had time for but it was over my head.
Pops also had a system of keeping track of umpires (where's waldo) - who tended to give the most overs and unders. It was very successful for a long time, but (I think) the season before he stopped posting it didn't do so well. I wonder - are there resources available where it would be easy to go about recreating something like this? I think I'll check around the net this weekend when I have some time. In the meantime, does anyone have any ump tracking resources on hand or know or any?
Also read he wasn't allowed inside the continental US for a long time as he was wanted for trying to fix a sports event and Uncle Sam finally relented on humanitarian grounds because of his advanced age. As the kids say, that's pretty gangster. Actually, that's really gangster. That's pretty much the definition of the word gangster when used as a bastard adjective like this -- or damn close to it.
I remember he was going to start a website for a while but I don't think it ever came to fruition. I remember I checked on it a few times years ago and all it had on it was placeholder pics of hot (college age/non-pornographic) Asian girls - guess that was pops' thing - but no sports related content….
Obviously, I don't know what's true (who does on the internet) but I remember what I read - now the stuff of faded legends.
Baseball as America. Or something like that.
