2.31 apologizes for being late (0:37), shares an article about the AL East Champions banner being held hostage (1:01), drink up the #GAB(eer)F hashtag (2:09), bounces around the 4 200+K Indians (4:18), brainstorms online and interactive graphics (7:00), workshops a runs differential graphic (13:58), critiques BoJack 5.3 & 5.4 (24:33), looks at the Profar/Muncy ownership comparison (26:33), and reviews Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (28:27).

2.30 delves into Matrix parallels (0:40), broaches looking at Daily Fantasy (2:18), analyzes Star Wars references by the DoD (3:14), critiques BoJack 5.1 & 5.2 (3:57), presents an applied H2H fantasy baseball problem for an emergency algorithm club (5:58), presents the applied Monte Carlo modeling exercise process & results (13:04), checks the bottom of the Premier League table (26:36), kicks around some thoughts about NFL ties (27:47), and reviews The Dark Knight (30:00).

2.29 looks at some recent Toolz approved player adds (0:41), critiques some 538 twitter feed action (3:16), presents a new series: visualization club (6:08), tackles task #1 of visualization club: 3D plots (14:46), ponders NFL week #1 (23:09), and reviews Empire (27:45).

2.28 complains about closers (0:37), finds K-Rod (2:16), skims WaPo’s article about baseball cliches (3:17), recaps Algorithm Club (4:54), thinks about the future of Algorithm Club (17:16), gets ready for BoJack S5 (22:17) & NFL (23:04), and ends with a review of Inception (24:03).

2.27 strategizes fantasy baseball through MLB standings watching (0:40), introduces the week’s algorithm challenge topic: Artificial Neural Networks (neural nets) (5:04), dives into some half baked neural net applications (14:53), punts a Fantasy Football conversation (22:56), and reviews Casino Royale (25:34).

2.26 bats around praise for the most recent triple play (0:40), ponders learning a new language (2:28), critiques Cat. 5e cables (3:46), introduces the week’s algorithm challenge topic: time series analysis (5:57), models the longitudinal ownership of Max Muncy v. Jurickson Profar (11:50), peeks at the state of the home league (23:36), and reviews Pirates of the Caribbean (Black Pearl, duh) (25:30).

2.25 visits DEF CON (0:40), weighs a steam locomotive argument (1:56), bats around some baseball topics (4:08), introduces the week’s algorithm challenge topic: Random Forests (5:23), applies the Random Forest algorithm to TGFBI data (9:51), applies the Random Forest algorithm to closers (16:36), ponders the home league (24:37), punts some football topics (26:16), and reviews Fight Club (28:12).

2.24 glances at the MLB standings (0:39), postulates about the Premier League (3:50), introduces the week’s algorithm challenge topic: PCA (Principal Component Analysis) (5:24), applies PCA to TGFBI (The Great Fantasy Baseball Invitational) (8:22), applies PCA to statcast data for pitch identification (17:17), checks the news out of math world (25:48), and ends with a review of The Princess Bride (27:11).

2.23 critiques novels employing MLB fan cheap shots (0:37), identifies the Twins firesale (1:26), reviews an astronomical analysis of baseball stadiums (3:31), introduces the week’s algorithm challenge topic: simple univariate outlier detection(4:36), identifies pitching outliers using fastball velocity data (6:49), discusses the application of Kernel Density Estimation (KDE) on BABIP (batting average on balls in play) for identifying outliers (16:32), ponders algorithms & bias (23:50), and reviews the Life of Brian (25:58).

2.22 analyzes Jimmy G’s choice of lady friends (0:40), scrutinizes the sports eclipse (2:24), presents a new series: the algorithmic challenge (4:32), provides a primer on TGFBI analysis (13:35), checks in with the craft beer scene (20:19), critiques a recent WaPo article on accents (21:12), glances at the new job opening with the Brew Crew (23:19), and ends with a review of Gattaca (24:10).