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<font color="black" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2">Jared DIamond (author of <i>Guns, Germs and Steel</i>) has been writing some good baseball columns for the Wall Street Journal--not surprisingly, with a wonky stat-head perspective. Today, the Journal is running a fun story on the Kansas City Royals and the way they've defied projections like PECOTA, consistently winning far more than their projected share over the past 4-5 years.<br>
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-baseball-team-that-computer-models-cant-figure-out-1502806068<br>
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I'm hoping the KC magic rubs off on the Nukes--with Cain, Moustakas, Kennedy, Hammel and Escobar on the Nukes' roster. I'll need all the help I can get to hold off the Evil Empire.*<br>
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Mark K<br>
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*Copyright 2017 (C) NukesEnterprises, Inc.<br>
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