Part 1:
Today, I watched a short documentary on Jeremy Lin. The documentary talks about how he is the only player in the NBA with a Harvard degree. How he was cut by two teams who "wanted him", only to get a call from the Knicks to help save their season. The Knicks were underachieving by a lot so they gave a chance to Jeremy Lin. In his first few games, he did super well and made the world go Linsane. In an upcoming Lakers vs Knicks, Kobe was asked about Jeremy Lin, and Kobe said he didn't even know who that was. Then, Jeremy scored 36 points and 7 assists. Jeremy is now thriving with the Nets(who just traded him to the Hawks two days ago) and very good player.
Part 2:
I am reading a book called "Why Everything You Know About Baseball Is Wrong". I am currently in chapter 2-2, "Are Teams Letting Their Closer Go to Waste?". I'm not going to lie, I don't understand all the fancy stats they are talking about, but I do understand what they are trying to say. The main idea is that closers are less valuable when managers put them in situations like 3 run lead, 9th inning, and should instead put them in high leverage situations like runners in scoring position in a tight game. The chapter talks a lot about Win Expectancy, ERA, and Leverage. They are a lot of good examples to make it easier to understand and so far, I really like this book.
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