Senior Project Day 2

Day 2 of my senior project followed a similar course to day 1. Mostly just listening to hour long podcasts, as well as beginning Ken Burns documentary, the 10th Inning. I've already finished my book Understanding Sabermetrics: An Introduction to the Science of Baseball Statistics, and I must say, it is quite enlightening, while at the same time, confusing me to no end. I still have a lot to learn about calculating a lot of these statistics myself, but the book definitely will serve as a guide and reference. I'm still plowing through Game of Shadows, learning more and more about my childhood hero, Barry Bonds. Reading about it just makes me sick to my stomach, regarding how much I idolized him as a child.

These podcasts I've been tuning into have made me have second thoughts on my initial position on the recent Hall of Fame ballot, in which no Hall of Famers were inducted. Listening to baseball pundits on the airwaves very much makes me feel like a baseball novice once again, sadly. Nonetheless, they have been invaluable to me in that I need to rethink my position. I also began referring to baseball reference and fangraphs today. Both sites are chock full of baseball statistics and hopefully will make my job easier once I get to the math portion.

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