Sunday, April 18, 2004

Daubert and the Pittsburgh Pirates

Pittsburgh pitcher Kris Benson made baseball history today by laying down four sacrifice bunts in one game, tying the major league record.

The last NL player to do the same? You can find the answer here.
Fed. R. Evid. 702: If scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue, a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education, may testify thereto in the form of an opinion or otherwise, if (1) the testimony is based upon sufficient facts or data, (2) the testimony is the product of reliable principles and methods, and (3) the witness has applied the principles and methods reliably to the facts of the case.