Posted by Dave Studeman
Did you watch the TV show NUMB3RS last night? It was about a baseball player who is murdered (by some "bad" steroids) because, well, I'm not sure why. But it featured a dorky kid who is really into baseball stats and fantasy baseball, and who had developed a formula to detect which players are taking steroids. George Mitchell might be interested.
But what was most interesting, at least to me, was that the website the dorky kid posted to was called "The Boxscore Times." Ring a bell? Plus, the name of the episode was "Hardball." Wow. Almost famous...
Dave was called a "national treasure" by Rob Neyer. Seriously. Comments about this article can be sent to him through the miracle of e-mail.
