tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4958997061437462003.post8983386307837275049..comments2024-03-27T22:24:31.871-06:00Comments on Pro Football Journal: Challenge Flag—NFL Statistical Gaffes, Mistakes and OversightsJohn Turneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06612706488776938253noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4958997061437462003.post-12045514288393683372020-04-24T10:15:20.800-06:002020-04-24T10:15:20.800-06:00This reminds me of the piece Bill James wrote many...This reminds me of the piece Bill James wrote many years ago, excoriating Elias Sports Bureau for their incompetence, overarching greed and secrecy.Wilburhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17648146528637449534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4958997061437462003.post-85034155521841587992020-04-21T17:49:30.165-06:002020-04-21T17:49:30.165-06:00Great job, Eric. Love your dedication to clarifyin...Great job, Eric. Love your dedication to clarifying the game's history. Thank you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07290666753946915949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4958997061437462003.post-6403079083182225162020-04-21T13:21:15.376-06:002020-04-21T13:21:15.376-06:00for the record, back then Bert had 844 yards and A...for the record, back then Bert had 844 yards and Alvin 926....the things one carries around in one's head....JHoltgymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13751235587015111105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4958997061437462003.post-43514265979123064642020-04-21T13:20:27.710-06:002020-04-21T13:20:27.710-06:00Eric, as always, amazed at your dedication to deta...Eric, as always, amazed at your dedication to detail (and willingness to chronicle it....like kaimac, I (at least once upon a time.....before my team was stolen by the Irsays) kept track of Baltimore Colts stats....when I was in high school in the 70s I spent one summer typing up 3x5 cards in every statistical category available in their media guides....imagine my teenage astonishment to find that they had a number of numbers wrong, including listing Bert Rechicar as the all-time punt return yardage leader when it was (then) actually Alvin Haymond….most egregiously, the team's "all time roster" did not include one Nat Craddock, a fullback from Parsons College who had a rush from scrimmage for a yard gain in 1963! I dutifully wrote the team and got a response from the media people (no doubt rolling their eyes over egg-salad sandwiches at lunch) thanking me for pointing the errors and oversights out to them and informing me (probably tongue in cheek) to let them know if anything else came to my attention.....pro football has an amazing and fascinating history....the Colts leaving Baltimore with all that team meant to the city and football history is one of its saddest (and needless) chaptersJHoltgymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13751235587015111105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4958997061437462003.post-74762394517953098952020-04-21T10:00:45.967-06:002020-04-21T10:00:45.967-06:00Great in depth piece, Eric! Great in depth piece, Eric! Jeffrey J. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551237416018364311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4958997061437462003.post-20025829770263326192020-04-21T09:37:17.601-06:002020-04-21T09:37:17.601-06:00I'm glad that you are bringing this issue up. ...I'm glad that you are bringing this issue up. I've been keeping track of Miami Dolphins' statistics as a hobby for years, and I've noticed similar discrepancies. It would be great if the NFL and Elias Sports Bureau would make a concerted effort to go through the records and locate and clean up any errors. But I'm not holding my breath that this will happen either.kaimac77https://www.blogger.com/profile/10810784611730953266noreply@blogger.com