Stat Chat: Better shots for lesser teams
More than a few interesting questions loom over the 2020 baseball season. Last year, the dynamic Houston Astros won 100 games for the third time in a row. They posted…
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Vassar, Booked: What literary references can tell us about attitudes towards our school
What comes to mind when you hear the word “Vassar?” For me and many other students, the words “home,” “community” and other fuzzy descriptors pop up as we anxiously long…
Stat Chat #0: My Field of Dreams
My baseball career ended before I even reached high school. A skiing accident left me with a crack at the base of my spine four days after my 14th birthday.…
Testing public health
The erosion of our country’s pandemic response resources started a while ago, when President Donald Trump named John Bolton his National Security Adviser in the spring of 2018. The appointment…
Stat Chat
It’s that time of the year again. The days are getting longer and warmer, leaves are growing and flowers are soon to bud. However, the event of paramount significance is…
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Despite falling to William Smith in the Liberty League championship game, Vassar women’s soccer finished the season with a strong 11-8-1 record. The Brewers’ defense was particularly tough, forcing opponents…
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Last year, Brewers’ baseball stumbled to a 14-24 record, their worst since 2012 (Vassar College Athletics, “Baseball Cumulative Statistics,” 02.09.2020). Their ERA of 6.68 was also the highest in eight…
Stat Chat
Stat of the week: 1.047, the expected value of any Brewer field-goal attempt. Each season since 2010-2011, three-point attempts per game have gone up in the NBA, reaching an all-time…