5.2) Defense Is the Best Offense: Catcher Framing and Defensive Positioning

I believe I mentioned how I considered adding a “validity map” to my Truth Review fact-checking tool which visualizes the ...
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5.1) Moneyball Was Just the End of the Beginning: Now We Enter the Statcast Era

My dad can go on for hours talking about Moneyball. Back when he was doing his MBA, he read Michael ...
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4.2) Ha-Seong Kim: Discipline Disguised In Talent

Since I began watching baseball, there has been a common prejudice against Korean players on how they aren’t able to ...
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4.1) The Korean Monster: What Ryu Proved in the MLB

2013. I was in 1st grade at Rashkis Elementary when Ryu Hyun-jin made his debut at Dodger Stadium. My dad, ...
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3.2) Moneyball in Education: Pivoting to Value Process

So, how do we answer questions surrounding the Korean education system? As someone who loves Korea and data, I see ...
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3.1) Suneung (CSAT): A Win-or-Go-Home Game Every Year

Every Korean highschooler feels the same change of air when it comes November. It’s Suneung (CSAT) season. Airplanes are on ...
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2.2) Education Systems As Baseball Leagues

Think of baseball leagues as education systems in countries. Obviously, the US is the MLB (largest in scale, superstars, diversity) ...
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2.1) Spring Training vs Postseason: My Story in Two Different Types of School Systems

I would term my school life upon returning to Korea in 2014 as “educational whiplash.” In America, school was like ...
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1.2) Beyond What Is Right: Designing Our Thoughts

If you know anything about the Korean education system, you would resonate with me when I say “there is a ...
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1.1) Metamorphosis: From Pupa to Butterfly—Why Simply Learning Isn’t Enough

I can still conjure the scent of the fields on my way to Rashkis Elementary in Chapel Hill. Flashback to ...
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