Statistical Terms

Titan, unlike his rain drenched northern mates, had the opportunity to play tennis as usual this Saturday morning. TT and 'CC Flash' hooked up for two competitive sets of singles under the beautiful blue skies and puffy cumulus clouds fluttering over BCK in 78 degree temperatures. TT was nearly blown off the court in the first set, dropping the first two games at love before surviving game three to take the golden bagel off the table. Indeed, Titan, down 1-4 and 2-5 rallied to get it back to 4-5 before succumbing on his own serve in the tenth and deciding game (4-6) to CC. Perhaps it was the rally in the second half of the first set that sustained TT's confidence enabling him to race to an easy (6-1) second set victory. 'CC' generally the heavy favorite in the later sets due to his superior conditioning dismissed his poor performance with his statistical knowledge, "... we play toward the regression toward the mean." "Titan, in other words, things tend to even out the longer you play." Titan's quick retort to 'Gentlemen Jim' as CC Flash threw his racquet over the net in disgust after hitting his umpteenth ball into the net during the last game of the second set was, "Flash, are you sure you didn't mean to say, "Agression toward me(an)!" See you back here on Monday for round three.