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Bill Chuck

YOU WONT BELIEVE: This baseball quiz is a numbers game | Mind Blowing Facts

Jose Abreu #79 of the Chicago White Sox reacts at second base after his double in the first inning against the Minnesota Twins at Guaranteed Rate Field on October 04, 2022 in Chicago (Quinn Harris/Getty Images)

The countdown has begun. There are 29 days until Christmas. During the baseball season, I spend my time counting down magic numbers, the time until a team clinches a postseason berth, and tragic numbers, the number of wins or losses it takes until a team is eliminated. But as a baseball stats guy, historian and the Quizmaster, I spend most of my time thinking about numbers.

When I was a student, I never was great at math. Then again, I had no math teachers who taught me while using baseball as a tool. So I ask you: Was it my fault or my teacher’s fault for my poor grades in math?

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