Non-voting Explained Using... Baseball?

[kylebee]

Originally published at Kyle Boddy dot com. You can comment here or there.

In baseball, there's an axiom that is oft-repeated by announcers, managers, players, and the common fan: Pitching and defense wins championships, or Good pitching beats good hitting. Is it true, or is it another stupid catchphrase that means nothing?

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Comments

[paperstar19]

This is actually why I love you.

[thomasblair]

Great post. I wonder if the sayings follow as well. Does a good defense (convincing others that voting is stupid) produce wins (the least worst candidate gets elected)?

Perhaps I think not, but it depends on who the "least worst" is and if one can consider his election a victory. I certainly wouldn't.

The asterisked item is the best line in post: 0.14% of the polity is more people than any one person will meet in a lifetime.