Tuesday Night Open Thread

Yesterday, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences published a study looking at the effect of jet lag on baseball players. George Dvorsky has a good summary. The study found teams that travel west to east see their performance suffer much more than teams that travel east to west. We’re talking a lower winning percentage, batting average, runs scored, the whole nine. Over the last few seasons clubs have been looking for ways to improve travel and optimize sleep to avoid the effects of jet lag, though who knows if it’s actually working. Pretty interesting stuff. Check it out.

Here is the open thread for the evening. The Devils and the Islanders are both in action, and there are a bunch of college basketball games on as well. Discuss those games, the jet lag study, or anything else here. Just not politics or religion. Keep that outta here.