Are We There Yet | June 2017

If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll end up someplace else. Yogi Berra With the kids out of school, families across the country are packing up their cars and embarking on summer road trips. Journeys filled with bad dad jokes, frequent pee stops, and that oh...

The Lure Of The Long Ball | May, 2017

It could be, it might be…it is! A home run! Harry Caray The Home Run. With one single swing of the bat, all the baserunners and the batter come home to score. For a hitter, it doesn’t get much better than knocking the ball out of the park. Between them, Reggie...

Data Bites | April, 2017

He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts – for support rather than illumination. Andrew Lang Data is like coffee shops. These days it is everywhere and in abundance. It doesn’t matter whether you are building a hockey team, managing investments, or picking...

Not So Quiet on the Western Front | March, 2017

“The machine gun is a much over-rated weapon.” Field Marshal Douglas Haig, Commander British Expeditionary Force 1915-1918 With the 100th anniversary of Vimy Ridge approaching, we take a look back at this historic battle, and why four Canadian divisions,...