RSR’s Answer to a Beautiful Mind
I grew up in Baltimore just over a mile from Memorial Stadium. With the success of the Colts and Orioles in the early-mid 1970s, most of the kids were sports junkies.
I started going to every Orioles game in 1979. When I was in the State that would continue until 2002.
During that time…
• The first Baseball Abstract was published nationally in 1982, bringing Sabermetrics to a much broader audience
• My friend Dave Hollander and I developed a database for the 1984-87 Orioles seasons
• That data was tagged in a number of ways that would allow us to slice and dice it in ways we take for granted today, like batter vs.