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Old Fri Aug 17, 2007, 07:14am
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Originally Posted by Dave Reed
I find the raw data of the paper to be interesting. For example, there are 25% more white batters than pitchers, 76% more hispanic batters than pitchers, and 570% more black batters than pitchers. I wonder what can drive such a disparity? (And I'm pretty sure it isn't umpires!)
If pitchers are the dumbest players on the field, then the data seem to suggest that hispanics are slightly and blacks quite significantly smarter than whites.
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