Days of Comics Past: Events for December 21
Sunday, August 31st, 2008Array
F&M College sophomore Derek Hines (Manheim Twp.) finished with a double-double as he scored 14 points and pulled down 11 rebounds in a 78-73 win over Alvernia College on Tuesday. Bessick has scored 10 or more points in seven of her eight games played as a freshman this season, averaging 12.6 points per game …
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Nobody can criticize Hanke for his shot selection or shooting prowess, however.It’s early in his sophomore season, but last year Hanke shot an amazing 72 percent from the floor. If they continue to employ this strategy, Hanke’s field goal percentage will undoubtedly drop…though the team’s offensive efficiency will no doubt improve.The NCAA career field goal percentage leader is Steve Johnson from Oregon St. He shot 67.8 percent on his career. It’s a longshot for Hanke to end up that high when his career is over…but a comparison between his numbers and Johnson’s gives you an idea of just how impressive his shooting has been thus far.
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If I could show how many Win Shares each member of the 2005 Cubs put up, and then compare that with the projected 2006 roster, I might actually have a somewhat rudimentary method of forecasting the number of wins we should all expect for this upcoming season. Essentially, Win Shares are the number of wins contributed by each player to his team. The total number of Win Shares for each player on a teamâs roster will always equal the number of wins that team had for the season. So in the table I created, Total WS obviously equals Total Win Shares, and WSP is a Win Shares rate stat that shows each playerâs contribution given his amount of playing time (thus equalizing guys like Neifi Perez and Ronny Cedeno).When trying to compare the 2005 and 2006 rosters, I ran into one snag â obviously more than 25 players played for the Cubs last year due to injury, trades, or call-ups. By doing this, the number of total Win Shares I came up with only equals 73 for 2005 rather than the 79 total wins they actually had. So, it works both ways, and I think the number of career years and off years will balance each other out.Also, some of the Win Shares results are artificially small because players didnât play the whole season. Using our or â 6 wins from the replacement players, weâre looking at a Cubs team in 2006 with anywhere from 76 to 88 wins.
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Frank Hampson, creator of Dan Dare, is born in Manchester, England on Dec 21, 1918.John Severin, EC Comics and Marvel Comics artist, is born on Dec 21, 1921.Sheldon Shelly Mayer, comic book writer, artist, and editor, passes away at the age of 73 on Dec 21, 1991.
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