tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15421385.post5591453159655381733..comments2023-10-28T09:27:28.855-04:00Comments on A Pack A Day: Cali vs World contest - Pack 9Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15499964504931886246noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15421385.post-10275531578260246692009-08-11T15:27:09.541-04:002009-08-11T15:27:09.541-04:00Well, it's a lot of population and a lot of su...Well, it's a lot of population and a lot of sunshine year round.<br /><br />Texas and Florida can make the same claim, but football is a bigger deal in those states, so they produce a lot of football players, although I think I remember a study from about five years ago that found that the most D-1 football players per capita was produced by Alabama. I would not be surprised to find that Cali produces the most D-1 baseball players per capita.skoormithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17297504834792748549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15421385.post-36316691344598951352009-08-11T10:08:34.551-04:002009-08-11T10:08:34.551-04:00In one of Bill James' early Baseball Abstracts...In one of Bill James' early Baseball Abstracts, he did something on why such a disproportionate amount of ball players hailed from California.<br /><br />I've long sold the books for a couple grand (who woulda thunk it,) but I seemingly recall he couldn't find a single variable that correlated properly and ended with "it just does."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15602388744522558096noreply@blogger.com