Great, and then we start selling the same shock in the pants to the pitchers
and catchers. By the time we've conditioned those who can afford the
service, we'll be happily living on Grand Cayman.
-- rec --
On 9/11/05, Nicholas Thompson <
[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> All--
> Suggest you read recent inkier article on Rickey Henderson, "greatest
> base stealer of all time", who is now languishing in some sub-minor league
> team in California known as the golden sundawgs.
> He say, every pitcher has his "tell", the gesture that he will ALWAYS
> make as he commits himself to throw home. . So..... you contact the Boston
> Redsox (please...no other) and you say, for a reasonable amount of money I
> will develop you a program to identify the "tell" of every pitcher in the
> league. Some facility with Noldus software required. Perhaps you could get
> Henderson himself in the loop. In fact, it could all be done electronically,
> with Noldus working off the video feed and sending a slight shock to the
> seat of the runner's pants. Heck. with this software we could make a base
> stealer of Ted Williams. By the way, for a hundred thousand dollars, does
> anybody remember the DAY and circumstances when Ted Williams stole a base?
> All I ask is to be kept in the loop AND to receive ten percent of your
> SECOND MILLION in profits after all costs.
> Nick
> Nicholas S. Thompson
> Professor of Psychology and Ethology
> Clark University
>
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