A Forsooth: Difference between revisions

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The explanation rests in a mathematical formula created by the baseball analyst Bill James

and introduced in the 1980 Baseball Abstract. James determined that the record of a baseball

team could be approximated by taking the square of team runs scored and dividing it by the

square of team runs scored plus the square of team runs allowed. Because of its similarity to

the geometric method for determining the sum of the angles in a right triangle, he called it the

Pythagorean theorem. - Årron Schatz NYTimes, Jan. 23, 2005.

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-:The explanation rests in a mathematical formula created by the baseball analyst Bill James
+::The explanation rests in a mathematical formula created by the baseball analyst Bill James
-:and introduced in the 1980 Baseball Abstract. James determined that the record of a baseball
+::and introduced in the 1980 Baseball Abstract. James determined that the record of a baseball
-:team could be approximated by taking the square of team runs scored and dividing it by the
+::team could be approximated by taking the square of team runs scored and dividing it by the
-:square of team runs scored plus the square of team runs allowed. Because of its similarity to
+::square of team runs scored plus the square of team runs allowed. Because of its similarity to
-:the geometric method for determining the sum of the angles in a right triangle, he called it the
+::the geometric method for determining the sum of the angles in a right triangle, he called it the
-:Pythagorean theorem. -  Årron Schatz NYTimes, Jan. 23, 2005.
+::Pythagorean theorem. -  Årron Schatz NYTimes, Jan. 23, 2005.