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Matus lived in great dignity on an income substantially under $ 4,000 per annum in his later years. His brilliant conversation, gentleness with fellows and with the creaturely world, and resolute integrity in the face of hard circumstances, is fondly remembered by those who had the opportunity to
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relied on this standard yardstick in evaluating a pitcher's performance, that he is doing well if he throws about 15 pitches per innings. By a close break-down of statistics, based his analysis on average of 14 pitches per inning after six innings, Matus showed that the contrary was the case, and
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It is the rule of controversialist scholarship, the error rate of which hovers around 100 percent, that a single flaw in a work of orthodox scholarship, whether perceived or actual—or fabricated—is sufficient in their eyes to cast doubt upon the accuracy and authenticity of the entire
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in August 1989 and spent two months there. His visit culminated in an address he delivered to members of the Roundtable in September, in which he remarked that, though he found the members honest, thoughtful, gracious, and cordial, his research found much fault with
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floated to mind and seemed to sum up the appearance of the crowd he encountered. He suddenly realized that, unwittingly, he had been memorizing large swathes of Shakespeare. He became a dedicated Shakespearean shortly afterwards, on watching
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It's very thorough, archival, back-to-the-grass-roots, trust-nothing, find-the-first-sources scholarship... And so little scholarship is like that. He's done an amazing job of collecting that sort of information.
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239:." The article analysed pitching stats on 162 scorecards for one year, 1976 to examine the view of pitching coaches at the time that 135 pitches (15 per innings) was the average for a complete game. 431:, came to the controversy as an agnostic. Up until this particular research interest emerged, his interest in Shakespeare had been almost entirely focused on the plays, not their author. He flew to 1850: 392:, published by Palgrave Macmillan in 1991, took the form of a travelogue of modern-day England pertaining to persons and places associated with Shakespeare or mentioned in his plays. 235:, though Matus would distinguish his own methods from the mechanical computerized techniques of contemporary sabermetrics, an approach he characterizes as "the baseball version of 840:"To the best of my knowledge, no previous Shakespeare scholar has engaged so much of what Oxfordians have presented as evidence for their positions, or has done so as thoroughly." 244:
concluded: "The evidence clearly indicates that, for endurance and effectiveness in any given game, 14 pitches or less per innings as an average is preferable for most pitchers."
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Matus then turned to write a comprehensive book on the Shakespearean authorship question. He returned to England in 1993 for another five months, primarily to research in the
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Matus would read the history plays together with biographies of the kings they featured, and discovered, from earlier period tourist brochures, an article by
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as part of a print debate written by advocates of both sides. He did the same in an article published as part of a similar debate in the April 1999 issue of
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box-score sheet. Shakespeare classes tortured him for the impression they gave that Shakespeare wrote footnotes. Yet one day, while walking down
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His interest in Shakespeare dated back to high school, though he once confessed that his notion of a good read consisted back then of reading a
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has recently referred "those interested in the strongest arguments in favor of Shakespeare’s authorship" to Matus's book.
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is recognized as "a reliable, trustworthy, and authoritative source for what we know for sure about Shakespeare."
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Almost wholly self-financed, Matus eked out a living by working part-time jobs, while finding accommodation as a
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A keen reader of baseball statistics, in 1978 he published an article anticipating what was later to be known as
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In February 1989 he was asked by the Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable to investigate the scholarship of the
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to Shakespeare, only to find that virtually no good reference books had been written. After a brief trip to
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and begin his writing. Shakespearean scholar Richard Dutton read his manuscript, and submitted it to
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and was invited to speak to the membership in Los Angeles about his findings. Matus, according to
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Matus, Irvin Leigh (1989). "An Early Reference to the Coventry Mystery Plays in Shakespeare?".
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and led him to the conclusion that William Shakespeare was the true author of the works.
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in 2013, with a new introduction by Thomas Mann, former reference librarian at the
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At the time of his death, he was working on a comprehensive history of baseball.
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in Shakespeare?" suggesting a possible source for Shakespeare's metaphor, in "
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He took the "Stratfordian" perspective, advocating the orthodox view that
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thought this 'freelance' contribution sounded 'refreshingly up-to-date'.
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for roughly 6 weeks in 1984, he and his brother Paul sold their home on
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Matus, Irvin. "Reflections on the Authorship Controversy (15 Years On)"
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of Shakespearean biographers, assisted him in securing access to its
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In the meantime he published an article, "An Early Reference to the
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Matus, Irvin Leigh (August 5, 1994). "A forced marriage". London:
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Matus has also published his contribution to his personal website.
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A series on alternative authorship theories for the works of
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The Case for Shakespeare: The End of the Authorship Question
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in New York. His primary interests at the time focused on
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Matus also investigated a different authorship question:
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Irvin Leigh Matus, "Comment on reviews on Thomas Mann,"
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Matus, Irvin. "The Making of a Confirmed Shakespearean"
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