Recent content by FitzRoy

This is precisely the point I'm trying to make though. Being officially rated a 4.0 is the only thing. It doesn't necessarily have anything to do with skill level. It's not a skill level. It's an inexact method for broad categorization, and it's often going to conflict with itself. A lot of...

Are you saying that between the hypothetical twins in my scenario, you would expect them to be pretty even with one playing with a graphite racquet and one with wood? One with mid, one with midplus? Let's say, hypothetically, that in their learning of tennis, they alternated evenly between...

The way you phrase this, "you can still win with" makes it sound like even you think it's a disadvantage. I don't know if this is what you're actually saying or not because this type of thing shifts with what point you're trying to make and who you're arguing with at the time. Let's say you...

You have an idea of what your rating is, or would be. That can be an okay way to judge, but it's not an actual rating. Your ability level is whatever it is. Your rating, should you get one, would only be an attempt to fit you into an ultra broad category of basically who a computer algorithm...

It's true that he could gun it as well as anyone, but so many of Federer's winners weren't about him having way more power than opponent (I mean, if he was playing Hewitt yes - hah), but his precise control, shot placement, ability to take the ball on the rise, and ability to cleanly hit...

Yeah, I watched him too. I stand by my statement. Their games are very different. Wawrinka's is based entirely on hitting straight through people.

Wawrinka "a bit" more power than Roger? A bit? Are you high?

Pretty much. Are people really thinking that, say, Murray or Djokovic would be better with 1H? Out of current players, someone could definitely convince me that Tsonga would be better if he had switched to a one-hander as a youth. Other than that, it's hard to imagine any of other top men being...

One issue with the baseball comparison is that in baseball the stats are more a tool for trying to predict what will happen based on what has happened in order for a team to benefit. You have GMs and statisticians trying to take the vast amount of data on players, and from that extrapolate who...

I would have to think she'll play at least another 3 or 4 seasons unless injuries become a big issue

Did players generally care about "the career slam" before, say, the 1980s? Not to mention pros not being allowed to play in them for a number of decades.

Perhaps, but it could also be a reference to the real university of that name, no?

I wonder if Sasquatch also received doctorate from University of American Samoa

They wouldn't want to open the sureshsian vortex. We all saw what happened last time (new forum change)

I believe Dr. Peter Venkman achieved such. Also I heard about another similar situation at the University of American Samoa.