So it turns out the guy behind the outstanding political poll aggregation Web site fivethirtyeight.com is none other than one of my local heroes, Chicago's own Nate Silver, one of the head honchos at Baseball Prospectus and the most recent winner of Michael Miner's prestigious Golden BAT award (along with the other BP folks).
I sometimes make cheap jokes at the expense of my alma mater, so it's only fair to call attention to the U. of C.'s more honorable alumni: Baseball Prospectus's Christina Kahrl, whom the Readerprofiled in 2006, discusses the upcoming baseball season at DePaul Center today. She's part of a long tradition of accomplished U. of C. baseball geeks, including Nate Silver, Doug Pappas, and Kimberly Ng, the assistant GM of the Dodgers, whose name often gets floated when general-manager positions open up.
