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− | + | {{incomplete|Need an explanation on why this is funny. Citation for Mike's injury and stats. Would Cueballs assessment be true (had he got the team right)? Links to some of the numerous other "I lack sports knowledge" comics...}} | |
− | {{w|On-base plus slugging}} (OPS) is | + | [[Cueball]], representing [[Randall]], demonstrates that he has some knowledge about {{w|Mike Trout}}, a {{w|baseball}} player for the {{w|Los Angeles Angels}}. However, he mixes up the LA baseball team for the city's main {{w|basketball}} team when he mentions the {{w|Los Angeles Lakers|Lakers}}. [[White Hat]] questions his mentioning of the Lakers, after which Cueball takes another wild guess, this time mentioning an {{w|American football}} team, the {{w|Denver Broncos}}, based in Denver, Colorado not even close to LA, indicating even poorer knowledge about sports. |
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+ | {{w|On-base plus slugging}} (OPS) is the sum of the on-base percentage (the number of times a player reaches base divided by the number of plate appearances) and slugging percentage (Singles + 2 times the doubles + 3 times the triples + 4 times the home runs divided by at bats). It is useful for figuring out how well he reaches base and hits for power. As of the date this cartoon was published, Trout's OPS for the 2017 season was indeed higher than in any of his previous seasons, albeit over a smaller number of games because Trout indeed suffered a thumb injury in late May and has not played since then. (He is expected to return to play later in July.) | ||
− | + | The {{w|Los Angeles Lakers}} are an NBA franchise and the {{w|Denver Broncos}} are an NFL franchise, neither of which is a baseball teams that Mike Trout might play for. | |
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− | + | At the end of the season, the teams leading each division make the playoffs along with a certain number of others. In the NFL and MLB, 4 extra teams make the playoffs and in the NBA, 10 teams beside the division winners. The "Wild Card game" the title text mentions happens by name {{w|Major League Baseball wild-card game|in baseball}}, where the two teams in the American League and two in the National League play each other, and {{w|NFL playoffs|in American football}}, where the two wild card teams per conference play the two lower seeded division winners. With the baseball season being halfway over and both football and basketball being in the offseason, Cueball further shows his lack of sports knowledge in asking if it is next week. | |
To compensate for his lack of interest and knowledge in sport Randall made the comic [[1107: Sports Cheat Sheet]], and he has before directly mentioned his missing knowledge in [[1480: Super Bowl]]. (See more comics linked in those two). | To compensate for his lack of interest and knowledge in sport Randall made the comic [[1107: Sports Cheat Sheet]], and he has before directly mentioned his missing knowledge in [[1480: Super Bowl]]. (See more comics linked in those two). | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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[[Category:Baseball]] | [[Category:Baseball]] | ||
[[Category:Basketball]] | [[Category:Basketball]] | ||
[[Category:American football]] | [[Category:American football]] | ||
[[Category:Sport]] | [[Category:Sport]] | ||
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