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<p class="MsoNormal">Via <a href="http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2010/01/pitchers-from-the-south-are-more-likely-to-hit-batters.html">Tyler Cowen</a>, from <a href="http://bakadesuyo.com/why-do-pitchers-hit-batters-in-baseball">Barking Up The Wrong Tree</a>:</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:10.0pt; margin-left:.5in">"[P]itchers from the southern United States were more likely to hit batters in these situations, but primarily if the batter was White."</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:10.0pt; margin-left:.5in"><a href="http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=buy.optionToBuy&id=2007-06438-024&CFID=5699086&CFTOKEN=46853718">Source</a>: "It was a thought pitch": Personal, situational, and target influences on hit-by-pitch events across time. from Journal of Applied Psychology - Vol 94, Iss 6 by Timmerman, Thomas A.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Via <a href="http://abovethelaw.com/2010/01/quote_of_the_day.php">Above the Law</a>, from Richard Posner:</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:10.0pt; margin-left:.5in">"Litigation is not ping-pong."</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/fdocs/docs.fwx?caseno=09-8042&submit=showdkt">Source</a>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>No. 09-8042 </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">CUNNINGHAM CHARTER CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. LEARJET, INC., Defendant-Petitioner<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>(DECIDED JANUARY 22, 2010) </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>

Full post as published by The Faculty Lounge on February 05, 2010 (boomark / email).