A harmonic take on Immaculate Grid
Immaculate Grid is a game for baseball trivia weirdos. But what if we made it nerdier?
Author: aren
Uno-X time trial helmet thing
We break our long, principled, monastic silence (read: laziness) to discuss this fucking thing: This time-trial helmet, the Redeemer2Vi, is made by Sweet Protection, and their own copy takes some pains to obscure how...
Why do banks offer mortgage points?
When you apply for a mortgage, banks let you pay something up front to reduce the interest rate. Why is this a good bet for them?
Should you pay for mortgage points?
When you apply for a mortgage, most lenders let you pay a little bit up front to reduce the interest rate. These payments are known as “points”: should you buy them?
Can you leap tall mountains in a single bound?
We consider the use of spacecraft and earth-moving equipment to be fair game in pursuit of sporting glory. But what about 145,000 razor blades?
On the increased drag due to broken Marlin bills
A Marlin jousted with a row boat. Here’s the effect on boat drag!
A trophy without a plaque
The 1981 postseason was a real shitshow, and people knew that at the time.
143 years of screwing up: a historical look at errors in baseball
If you you use the right denominator, you can reduce the history of errors in baseball to two broad trends. Of course, you can fit an elephant with four parameters, so maybe WGAF, right?
When are you animals going to let me buy some toilet paper?
A sobering calculation in these trying times.