Trying to answer the various objections, let me point out that I'm trying to explain why I, me personally, don't buy into Chuck Adams' stunning dominance of the pro bow hunters world. If you don't buy it, fine. We're all going to live through this day either way. The principle I mentioned is basically a statistical principle that is referred to by eggheads in biology and baseball. Those two fields are where I've personally heard it used. I see it in baseball, which I've devoted countless hours to studying.

Now, sho-me, your perfect game analogy is really a crappy diversionary tactic. Perfect games are the product of great stuff and luck. Take any list of the top pitchers through times and you'll find some got perfect games, other didn't. What you won't find is one guy with five or ten and then no other HOF-type pitcher with more than one.

For Straightarrow, I think your response to my "pseudoscience" was really outstanding. You took my argument fairmindedly, and came back with a thoughtful reply that didn't seek to twist my original argument into some idiotic parody that no rational person would advocate. Your point about baseball teams having clearcut goals and bowhunters maybe not having such singular goals is well taken. You may be right.

Swinging off topic, I would like to suggest another corner cutting conspiracy theory. I believe that DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak was probably helped along as it really got going. That streak is the single most unlikely accomplishment of all-time in baseball. I find it rather suspicious how many times he went 0-fer until his last AB, then voila! another single. Did you know that during those 56 games, Ted Williams (a vastly superior player) hit for a higher BA than DiMaggio? Read Glory of Their Times, and you'll find numerous cases where pitchers would let up on guys they liked in games that didn't matter. Remember when Sosa and McGwire were chasing 61? Remember how many pitchers were quoted basically like this, "If it comes down to the last game and they need one more homer, I going to throw them a fat one."? Remember when Pete Rose had his 44 game streak broken up? In the postgame, he ripped and swore at the pitcher who got him out the last two times up, I think it was Gene Garber. Rose, the "ultimate competitor" took the position that Garber should have let up on him and let him keep his streak alive. So, please save me the outrage at the suggestion about DiMaggio's streak!