Fake stats, real nostalgia: Bonding with my dad through simulation baseball
Briefly

The author and his dad in Massachusetts in 1995.Courtesy of Josh Willis There's a screen on my computer that my wife calls the "desktop background."It's funny, because despite being ubiquitous, this screen is neither colorful nor eye-catching there aren't even any pictures.With tidy tables of names and numbers and prices stacked on top of each other, it may look like just another spreadsheet, but it's actually a time machine that bridges generations like only sports can.
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