they have developed what is now known as sabr metrics, which is a series of very complex and interesting calculations, finding out things like do catchers have a higher or lower batting average after they have appeared on base earlier in the game, and therefore might be more tired. that's an astonishing statistic. allen roth, who worked for branch ricky in the 1940s and 1950s, came up with some incredibly complex statistics. but he anticipated a couple of things, including on base percentage, the importance of that, which billy bean would later take to the nth degree with the oakland a's. and also the idea of wins above replacement, w.a.r. and how valuable is a player over the course of a season, not just what is he doing in each and every game, but how many games is he winning for you or accounting for at the end of the season. with sabr metrics and the work of bill james, who was a pioneer in developing baseball statistics, there are so many categories now that you no longer simply have a batting average next to a player. you now have a slash line in which you feature a number of stati

sabre. he was a co-founder in his other life of rounder records. he's an author of countless books on the sox, including "when baseball went to war" and also "ted williams at war." bill, who has been a panelist in previous presentations that i've been honored to hold, welcome and thank you for being here. >> i had forgotten what it was like to have fenway park filled with fans. >> right? so in any event, before we begin our discussion, let me do a little scene-setting for you. and i want to take you back to september 28, 1941, when the eyes of baseball were on philadelphia's shy park. it was the last day of the season, as usual the red sox were hopelessly out of contention, 17 games or so behind the yankees. the reason baseball was focused on shy park that afternoon is ted williams in his third season as a major leaguer had a chance to become the first 400 hitter in the american league since 1923. now, ted could have sat out. the red sox were scheduled to play a doubleheader against the phillies. he could have sat out that doubleheader because his

cats and sabre kittens -- >> no. >> some people do remember, but they folded after 20 years. >>> and then an elderly man fell while mowing his lawn. first of all, the man is okay. he's 93 years old. still out there cutting his grass. he collapsed last week and he was sent to the hospital after firefighters were called. and then the firefighters came to the rescue, finishing up the lawn work, including mowing the lawn and one neighbor so impressed by this catching it on camera, and the man that collapsed said he was so grateful. >> he was, like, can you edge, too? no, that's right. never met a firefighter i didn't like. >>> and then it's sentimental. it was her mother-in-law's ring and it was handed down to her. she never stopped looking for it. >> new zealand police say the woman's home was burglarized 30 years ago and a thief took off with the family ring, and while browsing online for a gift for her sister's 70th birthday, she saw it online and contacted the police and they brought it back to her. >> what a happening ending. >> i was going to state same thing peufplt we have been s

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he's a board member of the society for american baseball research, aka sabr. he was a co-founder of rounder records. he's an author of countless books on the sox, including with the when baseball went to war," and also "ted williams at war." bill has been a panelist in previous presentations that i've been honored to hold. welcome, and thank you for being here. >> i've forgotten what it was like to have fenway park filled with fans. >> right. so in any event, before we begin our discussion, let me do a little scene setting for you. and i want to take you back to september 28th, 1941, when the eyes of baseball were on philadelphia's shy park. the red sox, it was the last day of the regular season. as usual, the red sox were hopelessly out of contention, 17 games or so behind the yankees. but the reason baseball was focused on shy park that afternoon is ted williams, in his third season as a major leaguer, had a chance to become the first .400 hitter in the american league since 1923. now, ted could have sat out -- the red sox were scheduled to play a double-hea

developments, of course, in statistics has been the advent of the society for american baseball research, sabre. they have developed what is now known as sabermetrics, a complex series of calculations, do catchers have a higher or lower batting average after they have appeared on base earlier in the game and therefore might be more tired? that's an astonishing, astonishing statistic. alan roth who worked for branch rickey in the 1940s and 1950s came up with some incredibly complex statistics. but he anticipated a couple of things including on-base percentage, the importance of that, which billy bean would later take to the nth degree with the oakland a's, and also the idea of wins above replacement, w.a.r. how available is a player over the course of a season, not just what is he doing in each and every game but how many games is he winning for you or counting for at the end of the season. but with sabermetrics and the work of bill james, who was a pioneer in developing baseball statistics, there are so many categories now that you no longer simply have a batting average next to a player. you n

then on saturday, the russian sabre team won gold of victory over france. so far, the 11th gold for the so called russian olympic committee team, which now said, fits in the table, however, to be pretty hard pressed to find money. saluting the success earlier ortiz, you know, nieland's husky tailor talked about it. well, the olympics should be a huge celebration and he asked me, it's all discipline from all over the world coming together at one event showcasing the skills. unfortunately, for russian athletes competing out this, he has turkey games. that just hasn't been the case. the atmosphere has been so hostile, it's been filled with suspicion, criticism, and very little good sportsmanship, both from the global media and of course, the photo competitors. for example, us women, ryan murphy, who lost to a russian, took a veil flight by saying that he probably, that it probably wasn't a teen race. a comment that he later back tracked on. but by that a british swim, i had also come out and couldn't help. may could dig about state sponsored doping out for the

the idea to try to introduce features of jets fighters to the cars so this was a khaki design, buick sabre. and if you look at the back and started introducing tailfins to the car and it started introducing tailfins to hiring the cars the cadillacs and then they spread to the medium park market as well, the buick and oldsmobile and of the cars and this was not that good of a change because it is sort of function may be in appearance a little bit but it added weight to the cars and he added chrome to the cars and it made cars more bulky. and heavier and is caught up with american cars in the 1970s during the energy crisis when fuel efficiency became really important to automakers and you can have fuel efficiencies when you have heavy cars. you want more less fuel thirsty cars with tailfins, you cannot achieve that so this was sort of an ostentatious change that harley earl introduced. it was another important development that harley earl introduced the concept of dream car. today we call them concept cars. these were futuristic prototypes of automobiles that automakers would show in auto sh

i don't think it's -- this sabre rattling going back and forth is unfortunate. >> i hear you on that. taiwan and japan absolutely different in the area of economic national interests than afghanistan was. at any rate, brendan, thank you very much. we appreciate it. >>> that's brendan ahern of kranishares. >>> a pretty broad-based decline today. >> but, remember, it's only 1% we're used to seeing bigger declines than that, but it is an across the board thing the home builders, retail numbers were not not obviously there's -- i was taken by one of the points, i think it was peter anderson, it's not easy right now it's more complicated and more nuanced back then, when everything was taken off like a rocket. >> and first you were chasing the rebound, a state at-home reopening trade and now it's a big question mark. >>> thanks for tuning in, everybody. that does it for powell"power l" "closing bell" starts right now. >>> thank you, kelly and tyler welcome to "closing bell." nasdaq under heavy pressure, the dow off its lows, which were down about 500 earlier. >> and a look at what is drivin

sabre rattling that not only is the war not over, but now is the time to ramp it up. >> it will take troops on the ground but the military can do it. >> congratulations. the endless war just got fired up again. because if isis and al qaeda's job was just simply to get us out of afghanistan and then we can all live in our respective corners peacefully, you know there would not have been a suicide attack a couple of days prior to the u.s. leaving. >> we are going to expand this operation. i'd put more military in there. i'd get every single american out. and i'd start killing bad guys. >> add to those voices one of the men who is conspicuously silent during and after four years of donald trump stomping all over our allies and international reputation. a man who had a front seat for the surrender deal with the taliban that set the stage for the collapse of the afghan government. the former president's second national security advisor, h.r. mcmaster, who seems to have suddenly found his words again, like so many other trump officials. he tried to distance himself from the failed peace de

. >> some sabre rattling about taiwan today as well >>> still ahead on "closing bell," morton's jeremy siegel joins us on, the russell 2000 down sharply today it has been for several weeks now. we're going to back to bank of america's head of small and mid cap strategy and we have a check for you, yields relatively tame today the ten-year hovering around 1.26%. we've had a string of data misses from consumer sentiment to retail sales today. new york entire manufacturing yesterday, home builders sentiment, some concerns about growth "closing bell" will be right back this is the sound of change from pnc bank. it's the sound of low cash mode, giving you the options and extra time needed to help you avoid an overdraft fee. low cash mode on virtual wallet from pnc bank. one way we're making a difference. protect your pet this flea and tick season with chewy. low cash mode on virtual wallet from pnc bank. find everything from flea collars and sprays, to prescriptions that keep pests away. chewy has what you need to keep tails wagging and pets itch free all season long. shop pet prescriptions