Via Tyler
Cowen, from Barking Up
The Wrong Tree:
“[P]itchers from the southern United States were more likely
to hit batters in these situations, but primarily if the batter was White.”
Source:
"It was a thought pitch": Personal, situational, and target
influences on hit-by-pitch events across time. from Journal of Applied
Psychology – Vol 94, Iss 6 by Timmerman, Thomas A.
Via Above the Law,
from Richard Posner:
“Litigation is not ping-pong.”
Source: No. 09-8042
CUNNINGHAM CHARTER CORPORATION,
Plaintiff-Respondent, v. LEARJET, INC., Defendant-Petitioner (DECIDED JANUARY 22, 2010)
For sports analogies, don't miss the new Supreme Court trading cards:
http://legalhistoryblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/and-i-thought-he-was-umpire.html
That's great, Mary! Very interested to see the "comparable measurements of the work of every member of the Supreme Court since 1789." That should be fun.