Baseball Season
Spring training is about to wrap up, and opening day is almost here. Last week a friend and I made our annual pilgrimage to Glendale, AZ to immerse ourselves in baseball. Four games in 45 hours. At least in Arizona, spring training and GA are good neighbors. The White Sox/Dodger park is next to Glendale, the Reds/Indians park is next to Goodyear, Padres/Mariners is not far from Deer Valley, Giants/Rockies is across town near Scottsdale and Falcon. So not only do you get a baseball game, you get to watch the traffic pattern, and a little higher and further away are the constant arrivals and departures at Sky Harbor. I know a little bit about baseball, my friend is a walking almanac and former baseball writer. We sat behind a lady keeping score – on paper in a spiral notebook – and I wondered if I could explain engine data analysis to her faster than she could explain the arcane symbols of scorekeeping to me. Her language has been around a lot longer than mine, but it’s interesting to think that in both cases, if you know the language, you can look at the data and recreate the event in […]