UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Los Angeles A Player Based Approach to Baseball Simulation A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in Statistics by Adam Philip Sugano 2008 © Copyright by Adam Philip Sugano 2008 The dissertation of Adam Philip Sugano is approved. _______________________________________ Jan de Leeuw _______________________________________ Rick Paik Schoenberg _______________________________________
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little bit and be heavier‚ thus not traveling as far. Some people argue that these things like stealing signs and doctoring the baseball and messing with the base paths are not cheating‚ but just part of the game. Randolph Feezell‚ author of “Sport‚ Play‚ and Ethical Reflection” says ‘All of these things are “part of the game‚” a part of the historical existence of baseball.’(Feezell 101) Some people say that these are things that have evolved with the game. If players are being taught how to do them
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Volcano Personal Narrative “ Mom what day are we moving‚ I still have a lot to pack”‚ Sheila asked while she had been packing her bags. “ I think tomorrow‚ that’s the only day your dad and I are off‚” said her mom as she was packing her things too. It had been the next day and Sheila didn’t really care if she moved because she didn’t really know anyone and she was more excited to move than to not move. Weeks had past and her parents and her had went around the neighborhood meeting them and Sheila
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Melissa Kagey December 12‚ 2012 Personal Narrative A Guiding Light You can call it following in footsteps or walking the same path‚ but I don’t see it like that. My grandmother calls her daughter‚ mother calls her sister‚ and I call her Aunty. She has always been my figure to look up to. She has inspired me to be the person who I truly want to be. My Aunt Marie is a strong‚ beautiful‚ and successful woman who‚ in spite of her work‚ has always been there for me when it counts in my life. I want
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Baseball is North America’s oldest and most storied professional team sport. Certainly‚ there have been numerous moments which are still remembered by baseball fans of all ages many years after they happened. We all remember moments like "The Catch" in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series and Bill Mazeroski’s World Series winning home run in 1960. There are also the players who transcend the ages like Babe Ruth‚ Ted Williams and Jackie Robinson. These players continue live on in the hearts and minds of
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telling us a story about her son Shep. Just then like a volcano erupting it began. The rain began to beat down on the building‚ each drop sounding like a spoon continually hitting the side of a glass. All together it sounded like someone was taking a baseball bat and beating the roof. Everything stopped‚ the music was paused and every conversation
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As an American-born Chinese‚ I am in a difficult situation. I am American by nationality and Chinese by ethnicity‚ but combine the two and the lines become blurred. Ever since I’ve started learning Mandarin‚ I have become more aware of how displaced I am. When people see me they will question where I’m from. I reply with “Chicago” but there’s always the follow up question of “No‚ where are you REALLY from?” Before I started school‚ my reply would always be “Chicago! I was born and raised here
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Haley Paulson Personal Narrative Paper It was a beautiful day in Plymouth‚ Minnesota. The smell of summer was in the air and the grass was greener than ever. The birds were chirping and the trees were swaying in the sweet summer breeze. The sunshine is streaming through the cloudless skies... and Anna is smacked down by an offender! The offender‚ the meanest and biggest girl on the Plymouth soccer team definitely knows how to play dirty and get away with it. I call her Four‚ which was her number
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Nate thompson Narrative 2 FLASHDRAFT Plunk that is the sound of a fish biting the hook.and I could tell that my poppop was proud because earlier he said he would let me catch the first fish. “Nate its under my Popop told me he said to set the hook” “I said ok and I got up and set the hook it’s on I said”. I new it was going to be a good day for fishing I thought. I thought it was a pike because it was not coming in.It was as strong as a gorilla. but I was not letting the fish get away. Because
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Prior to the tornado‚ my experience of Joplin was limited to a dozen family visits over two decades. My lasting impression from those years were of a city that felt more like a small town. However‚ Joplin is the fourteenth-largest city and the fourth-largest metropolitan area in Missouri‚ boasting 49‚000 residents and a daytime population of 270‚000 taken from the metropolitan population of 400‚000 citizens. Of the citizens who self-identified their ethnicity in the 2010 census‚ 85.6 percent were
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