My name is Mason Porter. I am a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at UCLA. Previously I was Professor of Nonlinear and Complex Systems in the Mathematical Institute at University of Oxford. I was also a Tutorial Fellow of Somerville College.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Who says baseball players aren't athletes?
As this video shows, baseball players can be extremely athletic. I approve!
(Tip of the cap to Liam Pomponi, one of my Somerville students.)
Yeah, that's a good question. "Leaving the basepath" seems to be implicitly considered to be a two-dimensional thing. They could always be more specific and indicate that the rules refer to leaving the projection onto the xy-plane of the basepath.
And on the topic of baseball players as athletes, remember that my brother trains Boras' clients... Not all of them are just fat pitchers (Matt Holliday).
It's also worth mentioning that some (many? most?) of the fat pitchers are extremely athletic. It's really rather strange to assume otherwise. Whether or not one's body is chiseled and whether or not one is athletic are two very different things.
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ReplyDeleteYeah, that's a good question. "Leaving the basepath" seems to be implicitly considered to be a two-dimensional thing. They could always be more specific and indicate that the rules refer to leaving the projection onto the xy-plane of the basepath.
ReplyDeleteAnd on the topic of baseball players as athletes, remember that my brother trains Boras' clients... Not all of them are just fat pitchers (Matt Holliday).
ReplyDeleteIt's also worth mentioning that some (many? most?) of the fat pitchers are extremely athletic. It's really rather strange to assume otherwise. Whether or not one's body is chiseled and whether or not one is athletic are two very different things.
ReplyDeleteWell said.
ReplyDeleteHe can't run a marathon? So? How many of us can?