The number of intentional walks that Barry Bonds drew in 2001 is the most statistically impressive baseball record. It's kind of amazing that being professional athletes, there's less speaking than you might think. But still, and now we're getting actually data too that's less noisy. We now get data, for example, on for Major League Haters,. how hard the ball comes off, they're bad.
Nate Silver joins Tyler Cowen for a conversation on data, forecasting, My Bloody Valentine, the social value of gambling, Donald Trump and the presidential field, vacation advice, Supreme Court picks, the wisdom of Björk, and the most underrated statistic for finding good food.
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