Bruce G. Bukiet kept saying he was pro-math and pro-Mets. He kept saying this to an interviewer who is not exactly anti-math, just not that good at it, but who is definitely pro-Mets. And so Dr. Bukiet had some explaining to do.
Dr. Bukiet is known for predicting, on opening day of the major league baseball season, the end-of-season standings — team by team, with the wins, losses and games back. Dr. Bukiet, an associate dean and associate professor of mathematical sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, has done this for 18 years, relying not on a crystal ball but on his own statistical model.