Archive for the 'Fun' Category

How do fake players get their names in video games? Here’s how it happened during a key period 25 years ago.

Will two balls hit with the same launch angle and exit velocity travel the same distance? Not likely, not likely at all.

What happens when you leave the power to nickname baseball teams to sportswriters? Quite a lot, apparently.

A baseball player’s fit of rage is a physicist’s flight of fancy.

Getting into the nitty gritty of baseball action via a new(er) programming language.

The Pickles are a dilly of a team, even though they’re not professional.

A more understandable methodology has been created to avoid the minutiae of overly precise rankings.

Shedding some light on the phenomenon of being in the dark.

In this sports movie, baseball gets less focus. That’s a good thing.

Two kids, two dice, and one summer that will last forever.