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Tuesday, January 04, 2005Link roundupCrank: Yes, Steroids Help
Baseball Crank examines whether performance enhancing drugs really do enhance performance, and touches on the health risks that have sparked much debate in the past months. (Rob also had an interesting discussion on the first point over at his blog, but I can't seem to find it.) Crank illustrates my point far more eloquently than I ever could. A (very) small portion:Humanitarian crisis in Asia? Blame America!The fallacy in many arguments over steroids in baseball is to note the lack of direct or reliable statistical evidence and declare the question unresolved. But this is not consistent with how human beings make decisions in everyday life, in law, medicine, politics or in baseball. When the best forms of evidence are unavailable, we look at what remains: at circumstantial evidence, and logical connections to be drawn therefrom. For example, even if we couldn't see fast pitches going by hitters and read the evidence of the same in box scores, what we do know about hitting a baseball - you have to time your swing to make contact - is itself strongly suggestive of the fact that a faster pitch will be harder to hit.Read the whole thing, as they say. It's in the Guardian - no more need be said.Congrats Arte! Your little experiment in corporate branding has branded your club a joke. National reaction here, here, here, here, and here. None of it pretty. |
