Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Testing your knowledge of sabermetric history
Posted by Dan NovickEvery college student knows about the wonders of Sporcle. For the uninitiated, it's essentially millions of different quizzes about anything and everything you could think of. For example, you could be asked to name every Adam Sandler movie or the 20 most populated cities in Iowa (with a time limit of course). A reader named Ben Lindbergh sent me a quiz he and his friend created, on the history of sabermetrics. Basically, you have to name the inventor of a whole bunch of baseball stats and concepts, from +/- to Zone Rating, in ten minutes or less. Here's the link if you'd like to try your luck. Let us know how you did in the comments section. Here's a quick hint to get you started: Our own Dave Studeman is the proud owner of three of the answers.
Dan Novick is a lifelong Yankees fan, and still gets the chills every time Enter Sandman plays from the Yankee Stadium speakers. He welcomes comments and questions via e-mail.
Got 50. THT should hire the kid who made this quiz!