Can Anybody Explain This Game

You would think after all of these years I’d have a better handle on baseball trends,  but no, I still can’t figure out the difference between a hot streak and stardom and a slump and the end of a career. But then, since no one in baseball can, either, I don’t know why I have greater expectations for myself.

Just for starters, how about Albert Pujols, Adam Dunn, Jim Thome, Derek Jeter, Josh Hamilton, and Stephen Strasburg. This all relates to the law of baseball averages which in some cosmic sense is tied to the law of averages in daily …