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In an above post troy99 suggested we agree to shape the scope of the discussion to average cruising speed. Good suggestion since, after all, we're talking about the "average" high school fastball.

I took 6 master-level courses in surveys/polling (for my MBA, not by choice) and though I've forgotten most of it these many years later I remember one cool trick (shortcut) in determining appropriate sample size: Just take the square root of the "population". If micsdsguy says there are 30,000 HSs out there, and we figure 6 pitchers per team, that's 180,000 pitchers. The square root of 180,000 is 424.

Just sample the 424 (pick them randomly but give more weight to populated areas) and you'll be close. Sorry, I don't have the gas.

Anyway, PG, I'll run the National Showcase numbers asap. Check back for my results.

3/5/0612:29 AM

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