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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Baseball Magic George Gmelch On each pitching day for the first three months of a winning season‚ Dennis Grossini‚ a pitcher on a Detroit Tiger farm team‚ arose from bed at exactly 10:00 a.m. At 1:00 p.m. he went to the nearest restaurant for two glasses of iced tea and a tuna sandwich. Although the afternoon was free‚ he changed into the sweatshirt and supporter he wore during his last winning game‚ and‚ one hour before the game‚ he chewed a wad of Beech-Nut chewing tobacco. After each pitch
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your life. I had signed up to play baseball‚ just like any other year. It was a warm summer day‚ with a slight touch of a cool breeze. I gazed out the window of my dad’s car at the baseball fields at the sports complex‚ wondering which one I was going to play in. I walked out of my dad’s car‚ then carried my bat and glove to the field. “Oh boy‚ I really hope we win this game!” I thought to myself with a determination. I could smell the familiar aroma of the dark green grass mixed in with the salty aroma
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"Baseball ’s a simple game. You hit the ball. You throw the ball. You catch the ball‚" said a well-respected baseball manager by the name of Casey Stengel. Mr. Stengel was a baseball man‚ not a mathematician nor a physicist. Physics and mathematics can be applied to the game of baseball on every pitch‚ and on every swing of the bat. To understand the physics of the game‚ it is first necessary to look at the center of the game‚ the ball. Section 1.09 of the Official Baseball Rules states that
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Importance of Football in the Movie Varsity Blues - The Importance of Football in the Movie Varsity Blues Sports play such a huge role in our society; many people form their lives around watching or playing a certain sport. In my house‚ when football...[ view ] - Access to Football - Access to Football My chosen sport is football. I’ve chosen football because football has always been the people’s game. And it is because anyone can play it almost anywhere‚ all you need is...[ view ] football
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invented the game of baseball. How he became a Civil War hero while baseball was growing in America. But sadly‚ this is not true at all. Doubleday was still involved in the war in West Point‚ and claimed he had nothing to do with the invention of baseball. The story was told around by a former major league player Aj Spalding claiming he got the story from Abner Graves‚ a mining engineer. Later on major league officials talk and rely on the myth and then put it in the Baseball Hall of Fame. The actual
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1) The Red Badge of Courage’s successful in de-glorifying war. First‚ at the beginning of the book‚ Henry dreamed of the glory and fame as a hero fighting in the war. His mother did not want him to‚ regardless Henry enlisted anyways. This is a major difference in where many books at the time had parent’s sending the sons of to seek glory in the war. Second‚ the mundane day to day drill’s and activities was portrayed. Third‚ when the fighting started fear self-preservation kicked in. Fleeing the battle
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My favorite hobby is football .I choose that hobby because it keep me out of trouble when I get out of school‚also because it give me more skills so I can get better at it .Even thought I think im good im not because it got people out there better than me.It my hobby and will always be my hobby.And because of practice I get better and better at it .One day I want to have a good carrer of a football . I gfsfdgsdfgslkfjgsdfkgjl;sdkfgl;sdkfglllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll-
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HISTORY OF FOOTBALL The history of football is interesting as well as exciting‚ from the first forms of the game ever played‚ to the multi million dollar organizations of today. The game continues to evolve and change with the times. Football is a sport that evolved from many different games. Football is mainly known as a different form of rugby or soccer‚ but there is more to the origin of the game than just those two sports. Football games were played around the world before the game was
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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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