I know next to nothing about baseball and in the normal course of events I doubt if I would have have given the report below a second thought. Nevertheless, could I ask you to read it?
On October 11, 2009, the Los Angeles Angels prevailed over the Boston Red Sox and earned the right to face the New York Yankees for the League Championship and entry into the World Series. It was an especially emotional win for the Angels because just six months earlier one of their best players, pitcher Nick Adenhart, had been killed by a drunk driver in an automobile accident.
Things looked bleak for the Angels when they trailed by two runs in the 9th inning, but Los Angeles recovered thanks to a key single from Vladamir Guerrero to pull out a 7-6 victory at Fenway Park on Sunday. Guerrero drove in two Angels runners.He went two for four at the plate. When it comes down to honoring Nick Adenhart, yes, it was probably the biggest hit of my career,” said Guerrero, “because I am dedicating that to a former teammate. A guy that passed away.” Guerrero has been good at the plate all season. Especially in day games. During day games Guerrero has a 794 APS. He has hit five homeruns and driven home 13 runners in 26 games.
The thing is, the report was written not by a human being like you, and to a large extent me, but by a robot.
"The article was written by software called Stats Monkey created by students and researchers at Northwestern’s Intelligent Information Research Center. The software was designed to automate sports reporting by incorporating facts, but also the same essential components of story and structure that a sports reporter would use."
I would like to add something pithy to this but my state of shock is too deep. "The article was written by software called Stats Monkey created by students and researchers at Northwestern’s Intelligent Information Research Center. The software was designed to automate sports reporting by incorporating facts, but also the same essential components of story and structure that a sports reporter would use."
Whatever would Bill Bryson's father said to that? Shocked to his core, no doubt.
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