Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Sports - The Great Shambino
Sometimes, statistics can tell the whole story...
In the Washington Times, Dan Daly tells it (in my opinion) like it is:
"The magnitude of this fraud can be expressed in a few numbers. From 1986 to 1998, Barry averaged a homer every 16.1 at bats. Since then, in defiance of all anatomical logic, he has averaged a homer every 8.6 at bats. What exactly does this mean? It means that, thanks to the wonders of "flaxseed oil" and assorted other magic elixirs, he has hit 142 more homers than he would have (at his previous rate). It means that instead of closing in on Harmon Killebrew (573) right now -- with Frank Robinson (586) just ahead -- he's drawing a bead on the Sultan of Swat."
