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Berkman showing he's the king of swing

By Jerry Crasnick
ESPN.com

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Sure, it's a lot of fun reporting to the park when your batting average is outpacing crude oil futures. But for each three-hit game Lance Berkman enjoys today, he knows the inevitable market correction awaits. On Web sites that traffic in statistical analysis, they call it regression to the mean. In layman's terms, the phenomenon is more commonly known as "gravity." Lance Berkman First BaseHouston Astros Profile 2008 Season Stats GM HR RBI R OBP AVG 45 16 44 48 .467 .389 At the e ...

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