Quotes of the Day

Via Tyler Cowen, from Barking Up The Wrong Tree:

“[P]itchers from the southern United States were more likely to hit batters in these situations, but primarily if the batter was White.”

Source: "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.

Via Above the Law, from Richard Posner:

“Litigation is not ping-pong.”

Source:  No. 09-8042

CUNNINGHAM CHARTER CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. LEARJET, INC., Defendant-Petitioner  (DECIDED JANUARY 22, 2010)

 

Comments

[Mary Dudziak]

For sports analogies, don't miss the new Supreme Court trading cards:
http://legalhistoryblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/and-i-thought-he-was-umpire.html

[Kim Krawiec]

That's great, Mary! Very interested to see the "comparable measurements of the work of every member of the Supreme Court since 1789." That should be fun.