By now you are familiar with my 1/3 baked ideas. These are ideas which come to me and are not quite good enough to be half-baked. Two of today's ideas are sports related so if you quiver at the sight of a baseball, look away now.
The first idea I had involved how baseball teams select their pitching rotations. Usually, the idea is to have your best pitcher pitch in as many games as possible; therefore the best pitcher starts opening day and pitches every fifth game until the season is over. The second-best pitcher pitches the second game and so on. Virtually every team does this. Often, teams will set their pitching orders near the end of the season to have their best pitchers pitch in crucial games to make the playoffs or will arrange pitchers to prepare for the playoffs.
Why not take advantage of this? Instead of putting your teams number 1 pitcher against your opponent's number 1 pitcher or number 2 against number 2, why not stagger your pitchers? Pitch your worst pitcher against the other team's best. You will probably lose but it sets up the rest. Your number 1 goes against their number 2, your number 2 against their number 3, etc. Unless you are facing a team with 5 amazing pitchers, your team stands to have the best pitcher 4 out of 5 games. Suppose you are only able to win 3 of those 4 in which you have the pitching advantage. Even if you lose the game in which the advantage belongs to your opponent, you will still win 60% of the time. That equates to 97 wins which will almost certainly get you into the playoffs in most every year.
As the season progresses teams lose pitchers to injuries or rearrange their pitchers to accommodate days off. A team can do the same based on their upcoming opponent's pitching rotation. In most games you will have the better starting pitcher and this can equal more wins every year in a league where every win matters.
Idea number two also involves sports, but this time football. Everyone is familiar with a two-way mirror. The idea is that you can see through from one side of the glass but the person on the other side sees only a mirrored image. In football, many players have a tinted shield over their eyes to cut down on glare, but often times it is so the opponent cannot see which way they are looking. A quarterback's eyes often give away where he is going to throw the ball. Defensive players often intercept the ball because they track which way the quarterback is moving. Currently quarterbacks do not typically wear any sort of shield covering the eyes as it may produce glare or prevent the quarterback from seeing something. Why not develop an eye shield which utilizes two-way mirror technology in a form that wouldn't shatter and potentially cause an eye injury? How much would this be worth to a team pulling in hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue every year? It would allow the quarterback to scan the field as he chooses and not have to worry about defenders reading where he is going to throw the ball.
My third idea for today involves the delicate intricacies of marriage. Guys hate it when women nag. Women nag because most guys don't hear or understand the first time. There are many types of "grams"; candygrams, telegrams with a song. I suggest a new version: the Nag-o-gram. This involves hiring a gorgeous woman to come to the house under some pretense (while the wife is home of course) and do a little flirting with the guy while delivering a message about an opportunity for improvement. Something along the lines of "I love it when guys wear nice jeans instead of dirty sweat pants." Instead of losing points with your man by nagging him, score some points by livening up his day while subtly delivering a targeted message. Men will do anything if they think it will make hot women want them. Here's a way to convince them. You can even choose a woman based on the man's type. Sounds like a win-win to me.
Stay tuned for more 1/3 baked ideas. You never know when they'll pop out the oven prematurely.
The first idea I had involved how baseball teams select their pitching rotations. Usually, the idea is to have your best pitcher pitch in as many games as possible; therefore the best pitcher starts opening day and pitches every fifth game until the season is over. The second-best pitcher pitches the second game and so on. Virtually every team does this. Often, teams will set their pitching orders near the end of the season to have their best pitchers pitch in crucial games to make the playoffs or will arrange pitchers to prepare for the playoffs.
Why not take advantage of this? Instead of putting your teams number 1 pitcher against your opponent's number 1 pitcher or number 2 against number 2, why not stagger your pitchers? Pitch your worst pitcher against the other team's best. You will probably lose but it sets up the rest. Your number 1 goes against their number 2, your number 2 against their number 3, etc. Unless you are facing a team with 5 amazing pitchers, your team stands to have the best pitcher 4 out of 5 games. Suppose you are only able to win 3 of those 4 in which you have the pitching advantage. Even if you lose the game in which the advantage belongs to your opponent, you will still win 60% of the time. That equates to 97 wins which will almost certainly get you into the playoffs in most every year.
As the season progresses teams lose pitchers to injuries or rearrange their pitchers to accommodate days off. A team can do the same based on their upcoming opponent's pitching rotation. In most games you will have the better starting pitcher and this can equal more wins every year in a league where every win matters.
Idea number two also involves sports, but this time football. Everyone is familiar with a two-way mirror. The idea is that you can see through from one side of the glass but the person on the other side sees only a mirrored image. In football, many players have a tinted shield over their eyes to cut down on glare, but often times it is so the opponent cannot see which way they are looking. A quarterback's eyes often give away where he is going to throw the ball. Defensive players often intercept the ball because they track which way the quarterback is moving. Currently quarterbacks do not typically wear any sort of shield covering the eyes as it may produce glare or prevent the quarterback from seeing something. Why not develop an eye shield which utilizes two-way mirror technology in a form that wouldn't shatter and potentially cause an eye injury? How much would this be worth to a team pulling in hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue every year? It would allow the quarterback to scan the field as he chooses and not have to worry about defenders reading where he is going to throw the ball.
My third idea for today involves the delicate intricacies of marriage. Guys hate it when women nag. Women nag because most guys don't hear or understand the first time. There are many types of "grams"; candygrams, telegrams with a song. I suggest a new version: the Nag-o-gram. This involves hiring a gorgeous woman to come to the house under some pretense (while the wife is home of course) and do a little flirting with the guy while delivering a message about an opportunity for improvement. Something along the lines of "I love it when guys wear nice jeans instead of dirty sweat pants." Instead of losing points with your man by nagging him, score some points by livening up his day while subtly delivering a targeted message. Men will do anything if they think it will make hot women want them. Here's a way to convince them. You can even choose a woman based on the man's type. Sounds like a win-win to me.
Stay tuned for more 1/3 baked ideas. You never know when they'll pop out the oven prematurely.
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