WARP

Probably not the best time for Amanda Knox to take a European vacation. We were wondering if the U.S. was on the list for extraditing to Italy.  Someone mentioned that perhaps her lawyers should create a list of all the countries that she could NOT be extradited, a extraditing list.

So I thought maybe this would be a good thing to have for ALL countries.  You know, a list for each country and what countries you would have to go to so you could not be extradited.  Make it an Excel spreadsheet of all countries and where you would have to go . . . . just in case.

Then it was mentioned that perhaps this is something, if you are trying to get elected, to not tell people that you have.  A list of countries you can't get extradited to.   Good point. 
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So here is the thing about Lohse.  His WARP (Wins above Replacement Player) is 1.? so he will give the Brewers one extra win.  One win for a major league team is worth 5 million dollars in increased revenue (I bet you did not know that).  So his $10 mil a year contract is cut in half IF he performs at what PECOTA estimates say he will.

Did you know that PECOTA* was invented by Nate Silvers of FiveThirtyEight.com?

*PECOTA = Player Empirical Comparison and Optimization Test Algorithm  -  a system for forecasting Major League Baseball player performance by fitting a given player's past performance statistics to the performance of "comparable" Major League ballplayers by means of similarity scores. 

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And then there is Lyndon Johnson - that dude was a riot at parties.

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34 years ago today - Three Mile Island.  If you don't know what that is you are way to young.




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