Doubt is cast on Aaron Harang's Cy Young candidacy. Chase Utley continues to be good at baseball. Chooch blocks home plate. Freddy Galvis experiments with surface area. Ben Revere almost hits for the cycle.
In baseball analysis, especially in the early weeks of the season, we hear the term "regression to the mean" brandied about at the notice of any unexpected performances. Chase Utley is hitting under .100? He'll regress to the mean. Every other pitch Cole Hamels throws is hit into the bleachers? That should regress to the mean. Most often, that use of the concept of regression is either misused or misinterpreted.