So, I posted the schedule and, as always, waited for the blowback. When I do it, I have to input the games, one by one, on a particular court and when I'm done with that procedure, I save that court and move on to the next. My goal each week is to see if I can get done with posting Court 4 before I start getting complaints/suggestions/pleas from people concerning the games on Court 1. I made it this week, but just barely. 

I have to tell you about this one guy--nice guy, good ballplayer, but way too smart for his own good. He contacts me and wants me to change his game. But it's not because of church or work schedules. It wasn't because of a family gathering or guys on the team getting back into town late from an excursion. No, it was because he had done an in-depth statistical analysis on the upcoming game involving his team and had come to the conclusion that it would not be competitive enough for his liking. Both teams have identical records, but his team's wins were by greater margins and their losses by smaller ones. 

Since he was obviously engaging in an intellectual pursuit, I responded in kind, explaining that competitive scores can be misleading and the employment of such a relatively small sample size can exacerbate any discrepancies. I mentioned that Mark Twain has been quoted as having said that there are lies, damned lies, and then statistics. Finally, I told him that I'm really smart and that I've been doing the schedule for 37 years.

This past Sunday's schedule turned out about average. Twenty-five of the 32 games ended with single-digit margins. We had two games go double-overtime and, on Court 2, we had games with margins of 1, 4, 6, 4, 2, 2, 6, 2, and 3. That's pretty good. 

The standings will be posted in the next day or two. This posting will only be up for a couple of days because we have a couple important matters to go over. Thanks.