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March 10, 2006

Good Moose Hunting?

From the Journal News -

Moose on math: Ever wonder what players do to kill time in spring training? Yesterday morning Mike Mussina put his Stanford-educated noggin to use trying to determine how far the middle of the mound was from first base.

Using an algebraic equation and the calculator on a cell phone, Mussina determined it was 63.7 feet. It was a scene right out of "Good Will Hunting" without the Boston accents.

Well, I suppose that this is less painful than that game they play in the bullpen to pass time where they pull out each other's nose hairs.

Posted by Steve Lombardi at March 10, 2006 09:40 AM

Comments

Wow, you know it's a slow news day when someone using the Pythagorean Theorem gets a couple lines in the paper.

Of course, with the some of the characters in baseball, I'm glad there are still some smart ones out there.

Posted by: James Varghese [TypeKey Profile Page] at March 10, 2006 12:16 PM