Comments on: Hey Kids – Baseball Statistics! (with No Math Skills Required!) http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1761 a blog of medicine, comics, television, science and other fun stuff Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:12:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dan http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1761/comment-page-1#comment-201950 Dan Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:15:38 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/1761#comment-201950 I have one of these. The packaging is different though, it has Red Sox branding. It has copyright 1970, so I figure it was made around then. Unopened in its original packaging. Anyone think it might be worth more than a dollar? I have one of these.

The packaging is different though, it has Red Sox branding. It has copyright 1970, so I figure it was made around then. Unopened in its original packaging. Anyone think it might be worth more than a dollar?

]]> By: suedenim http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1761/comment-page-1#comment-179699 suedenim Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:17:57 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/1761#comment-179699 Actually, if you look closely, it calculates WORLD SERIES batting averages - for YOURSELF (or your favorite player.) Evidently, the target audience must have been actual major league ballplayers on pennant-winning teams! Didn't realize so many of the New York Yankees were also Lois Lane readers! Actually, if you look closely, it calculates WORLD SERIES batting averages – for YOURSELF (or your favorite player.)

Evidently, the target audience must have been actual major league ballplayers on pennant-winning teams! Didn’t realize so many of the New York Yankees were also Lois Lane readers!

]]> By: DXMachina http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1761/comment-page-1#comment-178535 DXMachina Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:06:48 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/1761#comment-178535 Yeah, more for little league in an era when nobody had calculators. Even now, most scorebooks include a page with a table of averages, set up like a multiplication table. Yeah, more for little league in an era when nobody had calculators. Even now, most scorebooks include a page with a table of averages, set up like a multiplication table.

]]> By: David Oakes http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1761/comment-page-1#comment-178521 David Oakes Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:35:19 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/1761#comment-178521 Oh, if I had only been born with a dollar. Oh, if I had only been born with a dollar.

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