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xkcd #3262: Sports Commentary

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The plural of anecdote may not be data, but the singular of data is anecdote.

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[–] tyler@programming.dev 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sorry, what I said was an exaggeration, but yeah keeping track of shots on goal, passes, etc are just basic parts of the game. Essentially the same as keeping score. Americans don’t do that. They literally keep track of exactly stuff like the xkcd shows. It’s not even an exaggeration.

[–] gajahmada@awful.systems 1 points 15 hours ago

Americans don’t do that. They literally keep track of exactly stuff like xkcd shows

Did they do it with most sports? I only seen it in baseball and american football, probably also basketball huh.