May 14, 2003

ALL YOUR BASE: New York

ALL YOUR BASE: New York Magazine sex columnist Amy Sohn interviews a duo of teenage girls about the sexual habits of the earthbound Upper East Side schoolgirl. In a discussion of the "first base" system, and how it's changed over the years, Sohn asks the girls what their "slugging percentage" is.
Slugging percentage, I like that- sabermetrics as applied to teen sex. And just like in baseball, it sheds the sort of light on the subject that was unimaginable as recently as the '80s. However, I suppose on-base percentage is the most important statistic at all in that regard. How about that as a pickup line- "hey, what was your OPS in high school?"

Posted by Stephen Silver at May 14, 2003 05:07 AM
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