Fun With Statistics

Numbers are a funny thing. They never lie, provided the ones you're using are accurate and calculated correctly. But they can definitely not tell the whole truth, when not put in the proper context. Here are two examples.

Incontrovertible Fact #1: Albert Pujols had by far the worst season of his career this year. In fact, the past two years have been undoubtedly the two statistically worst of his career.

Incontrovertible Fact #2: Albert Pujols had a season this year - and an average season over the past two years - that, by using fairly common stats, was matched by very few hitters.

A Rant About Pop Music (and my NLCS theory still holds)

Monday night, the Cardinals throttled the Brewers 12-3. Okay, so Albert Pujols had a historic night (4-5, HR, 3 doubles, 5 RBIs, 3 runs), but my theory still held. Here are the stats from the rest of the lineups:

STL: 11-31 (.355), 7 runs, 5 RBIs
MIL: 4-27 (.148), 1 run, 2 RBIs

Not much help for Messrs. Braun and Fielder there. Granted, El Hombre beat the entire team by himself, but - my theory is still credible through 2.

Also, the NBA is not so much shooting itself in the foot as blowing its entire foot off, Tim Tebow is not going to pan out if he keeps completing only 40% of his passes, and I thought Al Davis was older than 82.

But those things aren't what this post is about. No, this post is about pop music and Jack Sparrow.