Patrick Filler

Book of Odds

A current web site on my “explore often” list is Book of Odds, a reference on the odds of everyday life. The site really digs into life’s important issues and gives us nuggets like “the odds an adult has ever eaten cold pizza for breakfast are 1 in 2.56.”

One of today’s articles discusses superstitiousness in baseball, claiming that 1 in 1.88 baseball players engages in superstitious behavior. With the World Series starting tonight, it seems we can expect the players will be conjuring up their own brand of victory-assuring Voodoo.