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| | Tidbit - October 4, 1999 |
 | | As the financial stakes and media attention grow and many sports become more competitive, researchers, athletes, trainers, team owners, sportswriters and fans are using the tools of science and engineering to study the nature of athletic competition as well as to improve equipment and performance. |
 | | Baseball statistics have evolved from relatively simple measures (hits, runs, RBIs, earned run average) to increasingly complex and sometimes arcane metrics (scorability, runs created, seasonal notation) in recent years. |
 | | And sports medicine has contributed to understanding of the capabilities and limitations of the human body in baseball and to the avoidance and treatment of injuries. |
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