Justice H/AB Jeter H/AB
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1995 .253 104/411 .250 12/48
1997 .329 163/495 .291 190/654
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Comb. .295 267/906 .288 202/702
Justice's numbers, Jeter's numbers
If Jeter had hit better in 1997, much closer to Justice's average, it would have been true because Jeter very few at bats in 1995 and many more at bats in 1997 than Justice. For some bizarre reason, the show used fictitious numbers that didn't even add up, alleging that Justice hit .321 and .329 for a combined average of .298.
How a show that's supposed to be so math-oriented can screw up arithmetic so badly would be a a mystery if it weren't for the fact that mathematicians are notoriously bad at basic arithmetic.
H/T Amnesia, who also got it wrong.
UPDATE: Aha! Reader Brian Thomas explains it all. See comments.]]>
[/caption]]]>Yet what planners in Beijing miscalculated is that no matter how well you teach performers to smile, the strain behind the lips is still detectable. The near-hysterical drive by Chinese leaders to put on the biggest, most spectacular sporting event ever, and to engineer a generation of Chinese medalists regardless of the financial or human costs, is rather more disconcerting to the outside world than convincing. If it was Beijing's intention to prove China's greatness via the Games, what it has demonstrated instead is the fragility of its ego.Couldn't have said it better myself. So what does this say for the London Games?
British officials are no doubt wondering how they can possibly top the spectacle of Beijing when London hosts the Summer Games in 2012. They shouldn't even try. The British have nothing to prove, and it will be refreshing to watch an event in which athleticism matters more than image. The London Olympics will probably be messier and less awe-inspiring than the Chinese Games, but it's a good bet they'll be more funSports is supposed to be fun, you know. That being said, an opening ceremony featuring Daleks and Cybermen would be welcome. ]]>
Justice H/AB Jeter H/AB
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1995 .253 104/411 .250 12/48
1997 .329 163/495 .291 190/654
==========================================
Comb. .295 267/906 .288 202/702
Justice's numbers, Jeter's numbers
If Jeter had hit better in 1997, much closer to Justice's average, it would have been true because Jeter very few at bats in 1995 and many more at bats in 1997 than Justice. For some bizarre reason, the show used fictitious numbers that didn't even add up, alleging that Justice hit .321 and .329 for a combined average of .298.
How a show that's supposed to be so math-oriented can screw up arithmetic so badly would be a a mystery if it weren't for the fact that mathematicians are notoriously bad at basic arithmetic.
H/T Amnesia, who also got it wrong.
UPDATE: Aha! Reader Brian Thomas explains it all. See comments.]]>[/caption]]]>Yet what planners in Beijing miscalculated is that no matter how well you teach performers to smile, the strain behind the lips is still detectable. The near-hysterical drive by Chinese leaders to put on the biggest, most spectacular sporting event ever, and to engineer a generation of Chinese medalists regardless of the financial or human costs, is rather more disconcerting to the outside world than convincing. If it was Beijing's intention to prove China's greatness via the Games, what it has demonstrated instead is the fragility of its ego.Couldn't have said it better myself. So what does this say for the London Games?
British officials are no doubt wondering how they can possibly top the spectacle of Beijing when London hosts the Summer Games in 2012. They shouldn't even try. The British have nothing to prove, and it will be refreshing to watch an event in which athleticism matters more than image. The London Olympics will probably be messier and less awe-inspiring than the Chinese Games, but it's a good bet they'll be more funSports is supposed to be fun, you know. That being said, an opening ceremony featuring Daleks and Cybermen would be welcome. ]]>
Justice H/AB Jeter H/AB
------- -----
1995 .253 104/411 .250 12/48
1997 .329 163/495 .291 190/654
==========================================
Comb. .295 267/906 .288 202/702
Justice's numbers, Jeter's numbers
If Jeter had hit better in 1997, much closer to Justice's average, it would have been true because Jeter very few at bats in 1995 and many more at bats in 1997 than Justice. For some bizarre reason, the show used fictitious numbers that didn't even add up, alleging that Justice hit .321 and .329 for a combined average of .298.
How a show that's supposed to be so math-oriented can screw up arithmetic so badly would be a a mystery if it weren't for the fact that mathematicians are notoriously bad at basic arithmetic.
H/T Amnesia, who also got it wrong.
UPDATE: Aha! Reader Brian Thomas explains it all. See comments.]]>[/caption]]]>Yet what planners in Beijing miscalculated is that no matter how well you teach performers to smile, the strain behind the lips is still detectable. The near-hysterical drive by Chinese leaders to put on the biggest, most spectacular sporting event ever, and to engineer a generation of Chinese medalists regardless of the financial or human costs, is rather more disconcerting to the outside world than convincing. If it was Beijing's intention to prove China's greatness via the Games, what it has demonstrated instead is the fragility of its ego.Couldn't have said it better myself. So what does this say for the London Games?
British officials are no doubt wondering how they can possibly top the spectacle of Beijing when London hosts the Summer Games in 2012. They shouldn't even try. The British have nothing to prove, and it will be refreshing to watch an event in which athleticism matters more than image. The London Olympics will probably be messier and less awe-inspiring than the Chinese Games, but it's a good bet they'll be more funSports is supposed to be fun, you know. That being said, an opening ceremony featuring Daleks and Cybermen would be welcome. ]]>
Justice H/AB Jeter H/AB
------- -----
1995 .253 104/411 .250 12/48
1997 .329 163/495 .291 190/654
==========================================
Comb. .295 267/906 .288 202/702
Justice's numbers, Jeter's numbers
If Jeter had hit better in 1997, much closer to Justice's average, it would have been true because Jeter very few at bats in 1995 and many more at bats in 1997 than Justice. For some bizarre reason, the show used fictitious numbers that didn't even add up, alleging that Justice hit .321 and .329 for a combined average of .298.
How a show that's supposed to be so math-oriented can screw up arithmetic so badly would be a a mystery if it weren't for the fact that mathematicians are notoriously bad at basic arithmetic.
H/T Amnesia, who also got it wrong.
UPDATE: Aha! Reader Brian Thomas explains it all. See comments.]]>
Justice H/AB Jeter H/AB
------- -----
1995 .253 104/411 .250 12/48
1997 .329 163/495 .291 190/654
==========================================
Comb. .295 267/906 .288 202/702
Justice's numbers, Jeter's numbers
If Jeter had hit better in 1997, much closer to Justice's average, it would have been true because Jeter very few at bats in 1995 and many more at bats in 1997 than Justice. For some bizarre reason, the show used fictitious numbers that didn't even add up, alleging that Justice hit .321 and .329 for a combined average of .298.
How a show that's supposed to be so math-oriented can screw up arithmetic so badly would be a a mystery if it weren't for the fact that mathematicians are notoriously bad at basic arithmetic.
H/T Amnesia, who also got it wrong.
UPDATE: Aha! Reader Brian Thomas explains it all. See comments.]]>[/caption]]]>Yet what planners in Beijing miscalculated is that no matter how well you teach performers to smile, the strain behind the lips is still detectable. The near-hysterical drive by Chinese leaders to put on the biggest, most spectacular sporting event ever, and to engineer a generation of Chinese medalists regardless of the financial or human costs, is rather more disconcerting to the outside world than convincing. If it was Beijing's intention to prove China's greatness via the Games, what it has demonstrated instead is the fragility of its ego.Couldn't have said it better myself. So what does this say for the London Games?
British officials are no doubt wondering how they can possibly top the spectacle of Beijing when London hosts the Summer Games in 2012. They shouldn't even try. The British have nothing to prove, and it will be refreshing to watch an event in which athleticism matters more than image. The London Olympics will probably be messier and less awe-inspiring than the Chinese Games, but it's a good bet they'll be more funSports is supposed to be fun, you know. That being said, an opening ceremony featuring Daleks and Cybermen would be welcome. ]]>
[/caption]]]>
Justice H/AB Jeter H/AB
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1995 .253 104/411 .250 12/48
1997 .329 163/495 .291 190/654
==========================================
Comb. .295 267/906 .288 202/702
Justice's numbers, Jeter's numbers
If Jeter had hit better in 1997, much closer to Justice's average, it would have been true because Jeter very few at bats in 1995 and many more at bats in 1997 than Justice. For some bizarre reason, the show used fictitious numbers that didn't even add up, alleging that Justice hit .321 and .329 for a combined average of .298.
How a show that's supposed to be so math-oriented can screw up arithmetic so badly would be a a mystery if it weren't for the fact that mathematicians are notoriously bad at basic arithmetic.
H/T Amnesia, who also got it wrong.
UPDATE: Aha! Reader Brian Thomas explains it all. See comments.]]>[/caption]]]>Yet what planners in Beijing miscalculated is that no matter how well you teach performers to smile, the strain behind the lips is still detectable. The near-hysterical drive by Chinese leaders to put on the biggest, most spectacular sporting event ever, and to engineer a generation of Chinese medalists regardless of the financial or human costs, is rather more disconcerting to the outside world than convincing. If it was Beijing's intention to prove China's greatness via the Games, what it has demonstrated instead is the fragility of its ego.Couldn't have said it better myself. So what does this say for the London Games?
British officials are no doubt wondering how they can possibly top the spectacle of Beijing when London hosts the Summer Games in 2012. They shouldn't even try. The British have nothing to prove, and it will be refreshing to watch an event in which athleticism matters more than image. The London Olympics will probably be messier and less awe-inspiring than the Chinese Games, but it's a good bet they'll be more funSports is supposed to be fun, you know. That being said, an opening ceremony featuring Daleks and Cybermen would be welcome. ]]>
Yet what planners in Beijing miscalculated is that no matter how well you teach performers to smile, the strain behind the lips is still detectable. The near-hysterical drive by Chinese leaders to put on the biggest, most spectacular sporting event ever, and to engineer a generation of Chinese medalists regardless of the financial or human costs, is rather more disconcerting to the outside world than convincing. If it was Beijing's intention to prove China's greatness via the Games, what it has demonstrated instead is the fragility of its ego.Couldn't have said it better myself. So what does this say for the London Games?
British officials are no doubt wondering how they can possibly top the spectacle of Beijing when London hosts the Summer Games in 2012. They shouldn't even try. The British have nothing to prove, and it will be refreshing to watch an event in which athleticism matters more than image. The London Olympics will probably be messier and less awe-inspiring than the Chinese Games, but it's a good bet they'll be more funSports is supposed to be fun, you know. That being said, an opening ceremony featuring Daleks and Cybermen would be welcome. ]]>
Justice H/AB Jeter H/AB
------- -----
1995 .253 104/411 .250 12/48
1997 .329 163/495 .291 190/654
==========================================
Comb. .295 267/906 .288 202/702
Justice's numbers, Jeter's numbers
If Jeter had hit better in 1997, much closer to Justice's average, it would have been true because Jeter very few at bats in 1995 and many more at bats in 1997 than Justice. For some bizarre reason, the show used fictitious numbers that didn't even add up, alleging that Justice hit .321 and .329 for a combined average of .298.
How a show that's supposed to be so math-oriented can screw up arithmetic so badly would be a a mystery if it weren't for the fact that mathematicians are notoriously bad at basic arithmetic.
H/T Amnesia, who also got it wrong.
UPDATE: Aha! Reader Brian Thomas explains it all. See comments.]]>[/caption]]]>Yet what planners in Beijing miscalculated is that no matter how well you teach performers to smile, the strain behind the lips is still detectable. The near-hysterical drive by Chinese leaders to put on the biggest, most spectacular sporting event ever, and to engineer a generation of Chinese medalists regardless of the financial or human costs, is rather more disconcerting to the outside world than convincing. If it was Beijing's intention to prove China's greatness via the Games, what it has demonstrated instead is the fragility of its ego.Couldn't have said it better myself. So what does this say for the London Games?
British officials are no doubt wondering how they can possibly top the spectacle of Beijing when London hosts the Summer Games in 2012. They shouldn't even try. The British have nothing to prove, and it will be refreshing to watch an event in which athleticism matters more than image. The London Olympics will probably be messier and less awe-inspiring than the Chinese Games, but it's a good bet they'll be more funSports is supposed to be fun, you know. That being said, an opening ceremony featuring Daleks and Cybermen would be welcome. ]]>
China's most famous film director, Zhang Yimou, who directed both ceremonies, said only Chinese performers were skilled, disciplined and obedient enough to lay on the sort of song and dance display seen on Sunday night and admired around the world... He also showed little concern for the few critical voices who found the mass organisation of thousands of performers reminiscent of the Soviet era. "I often joke with (foreign interviewers) and say that our level of human performance is second in the world," he said. "Number one is North Korea. Their performances are totally uniform, and uniformity in this way brings beauty. We Chinese can do it too. After hard training and strict discipline, Chinese achieve that as well."It takes a peculiar aesthetic taste to find thousands of people acting in perfect unison beautiful, and there's no accounting for it. Either you do or you don't, and I'm among those who would rather see individual talent than such displays. The Brit segment during the closing stressed individualism and was therefore much more enjoyable. The Beijing Games were certainly well organized, with a minimum of cheating outside of boxing and women's gymnastics, and flowed well except for problems caused by the climate in Beijing and Hong Kong. Of course it rains in London as well, but it won't be so hot and muggy, and the equestrian events won't be shortened. It's kinda sad that baseball and softball won't be played, but all the events outside the core track and field competitions should be regarded as optional fluff anyhow; the Greeks didn't tumble and play ping-pong, because Britain didn't invent ping-pong until the 19th century.]]>