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Monday, July 31, 2006

Options, Futures

By Tangotiger, 08:59 AM

I’ve been thinking of this for a long time:
http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/story/2006/7/30/102656/648

Team Options (wins, runs, etc) and Player Options (R, RBI, IP, SV, etc) sounds like a fascinating game to develop. I agree that it would also be fascinating to see how people perceive the action. If only work could stop getting in the way of sports.

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