http://djardine.wordpress.com Spinning from the couch Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:36:02 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://djardine.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/even-stevens/#comment-4 ColumnPlayer Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:36:02 +0000 http://djardine.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/even-stevens/#comment-4 One could also think of player specific tests. In basketball there is a myth that Jordan got all the close calls, in football the directive to protect the creative ball players is, I think, explicit. Tendulkar, many argue, cops a lot of stinkers. Is that controlling for the time he spends at the crease? Or should one think of it in terms of the expected damage done to a game if Tendulkar gets a bad one, as opposed to say Ishant Sharma? So much to do, so little time! One could also think of player specific tests. In basketball there is a myth that Jordan got all the close calls, in football the directive to protect the creative ball players is, I think, explicit. Tendulkar, many argue, cops a lot of stinkers. Is that controlling for the time he spends at the crease? Or should one think of it in terms of the expected damage done to a game if Tendulkar gets a bad one, as opposed to say Ishant Sharma? So much to do, so little time!

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]]> http://djardine.wordpress.com/2008/01/06/hello-world/#comment-2 ColumnPlayer Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:50:27 +0000 #comment-2 beautiful, except for the stuff about the absence of identity politics in soccer, on the field and in the gallery. There was a war once in Central America, if I recall correctly. beautiful, except for the stuff about the absence of identity politics in soccer, on the field and in the gallery. There was a war once in Central America, if I recall correctly.

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