baseball – 4 O'Clock Faculty

October 13, 2021October 11, 2021rczyz

I’m reading the book Big Data Baseball, about the 2013 Pittsburgh Pirates and how they used the influx of…

April 1, 2021April 1, 2021rczyz

#ThrowbackThursday in honor of Opening Day! Let’s get #OpeningDayShouldBeANationalHoliday trending. I was recently reading The MVP Machine, a book…

October 28, 2020October 28, 2020rczyz

“In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened.” I was ten years old as the ball…

October 15, 2020October 11, 2020rczyz

This past week, I was watching a baseball playoff game. Throughout the game, both teams displayed unhappiness with several…

September 29, 2020September 7, 2020rczyz

It’s Playoff Time. And the best that we can hope for is to be in the game. “Put me…

April 23, 2020April 21, 2020rczyz

I was recently reading The MVP Machine, a book about the use of data analytics in baseball player development.…

March 28, 2019March 28, 2019rczyz

I’ve always been an advocate of Opening Day as a national holiday. I’m probably in the minority at this…

May 16, 2016May 16, 2016rczyz

Friday night, I took my children to a baseball game. It was a beautiful night for a game. Warm.…

August 19, 2015August 21, 2015rczyz3 Comments

My father grew up a Brooklyn Dodgers fan. He was six years old when the Dodgers won their only Championship…