A CONTEMPORARY TAILFIN.

There's some ancient paper in macroeconomics that was famous for its pioneering use of multivariate regression, including a dummy variable for the presence of tailfins on automobiles that "explained" one upturn in the business cycle.   Kids Prefer Cheese offers a modern example.  "When I was playing shortstop," he said, serving as his era's tragic spokesman, "we were in first place. I know that. It is what it is." Yes, and when he was playing shortstop, Milwaukee took three straight in Milwaukee and two of three in St. Louis. The Brewers keep hanging on, but Atlanta's control of the wildcard looks tenuous, particularly with St. Louis finishing at home.