“It’s kind of nice, like, having a new generation coming up [in USA GYMNASTICS], I think it’s a little less pressure, but I still kind of feel like it’s the same because I had no idea what was going to happen last year.” -Ragan Smith "I think as women golfers we always get shortchanged and it irks me... I just don't understand how all these companies get away with supporting PGA Tour events and not supporting the LPGA. And it makes me a little upset, because I think we've got a great product and I think the golf is fantastic. I think we deserve our due." -Juli Inkster Congratulations to the U.S. team on winning the Solheim Cup for the second-straight year!
"This comeback is about being my best athletic self. It’s about honoring the journey I’ve been on to get to where I am now as a whole-hearted person and as an ever-evolving athlete. It’s an opportunity to love myself, perform my best and enjoy the process." -Alana Nichols Giancarlo Stanton is heating up baseball right now with his six straight games with a home run and a career-high 44* home runs this year while it's still the middle of August and there's September left to do more damage. Since he is doing so well in that department, let's take a look at how often we can expect him to hit a home run in every at-bat he takes. The best way to find this is to calculate confidence intervals that will show how less likely and how most likely he is to hit a home run. Confidence Intervals and How They Work: Confidence Intervals try to estimate an athlete's ability to do a certain activity but they are not the end-all. The formula I used (yes, there are multiple for multiple occasions) works with single proportions, like home runs. These will predict a 95% chance of being correct and involve his observed proportion of success (44 HRs in 439 AB) add/subtracted by 2 (the multiplier used with an approximately normal distribution) that is multiplied by the square root of the performance (.100, or 44/439) multiplied by his performance subtracted by 1, over the number of attempts (439 again!!!). It sounds confusing in words, but it looks doable in number form. Thankfully, I can just show you the numbers and what his confidence intervals are. Confidence Intervals for 2017: We are 95% confident that the interval of plausible values from .072 to .128 contain Stanton's ability to hit a home run this season. Now, let's compare this to another season of this, because the best person to compare him to is himself and not anyone else. I chose 2014 because he hit 37 that year, his previous career-high. 37 is a great total by itself, but what he is doing this year makes that look mediocre now once you see the difference below. Confidence Intervals for 2014: We are 95% confident that the interval of plausible values from .046 to .09 contain Stanton's ability to hit a home run in 2014. Conclusion: Stanton is amazing and should not stop hitting balls out of the park because we love it. Seriously, it would be great to see this again once the season is over and if it changed by a lot or only a little. Note: These stats were taken on Friday morning before his game vs. the Mets last night.
"I told her, 'I'm going to do [golf] for the rest of my life'. It was very odd. If you think about it now, it's just like wow. I can't believe my mom listened to a 6-year-old. When do you get that?" -angel Yin "If they want to think that [i can't do this], they can think that, Then I'm just going to kick a game-winning, 55-yard field goal ... see how loud they are then... I've been doubted in everything I've done. Being mentally strong is the only defensive mechanism I have." -Becca Longo "In my family, baseball is huge. We obviously love softball, but we watch a lot of baseball, which is kind of cool. I think it would be cool if girls played baseball." -Sydney Sherrill "Many people ask how I made it to where I am, on such an untraditional route and it's easy to say, 'you have to believe in yourself and dreams will come true' but that's only part of it, and in my opinion that's only the second part. It's important for all to know that dreams are achieved by first finding someone who sees your worth and value, regardless of your gender, and takes the necessary steps to clear a path, even on the path less traveled." -Katie Sowers "I like flag football because it's so different but the same as basketball. There's no dribbling and passing -- I'm not a quarterback -- but there's still catching and running and making moves. I also like meeting the new people because only a few of my basketball teammates play, and the rest are new people." -Azzi Fudd "In this day and age, it's really hard for women to love their bodies. We're bombarded by images of perfect bodies all the time. A lot of my teammates have more muscles, they're long, they're strong. I have a pretty feminine body, but it's a little bit on the smaller side. I've been described by the media as frail compared to my teammates. I've always wanted a more perfect body. But if you think about it, the bodies that I see every day are my teammates', and they are some of the most amazing bodies in the world -- so that gives you a skewed perspective." -Christen Press |
AuthorHi, I'm Jenna and I'm a sports fan! I've been avidly watching sports since 2011 because I found that by watching sports, I would be able to communicate with my dad and brother better. Ever since I got into sports, I've been able to enjoy myself more when I go to sporting events with my family. Archives
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