Are the Patriots the best team ever? Does it even matter? Does anyone care? Will what they do this Sunday change your opinion? Does this make sense? They’re 18-0 now, so losing this game would make them 18-1. Do they still belong in the discussion of best team ever? […]
Entries from January 2008
Putting the Patriots in Their Place
January 29th, 2008 · 4 Comments
How risk averse is Troy Tulowitzki?
January 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Troy Tulowitzki recently signed a 6 year, $30mm contract with the Colorado Rockies, with a $15mm club option for the 7th year. How much is Tulowitzki’s production worth? Was this a good deal for the Rockies? Was this a good deal for Tulowitzki? For both? The only recent comparable is Grady Sizemore, who the […]
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Is J.P. Ricciardi As Smart As We Think?
January 23rd, 2008 · 8 Comments
We have an expression, “In the right place at the right time,” that many people use but so few people take seriously. Or, maybe people do take it seriously, but they just choose to ignore it whenever they want. This discussion could also be expanded to argue whether a success or failure is due to […]
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Peer Review
January 10th, 2008 · No Comments
tangotiger has been kind enough to post our paper, “Improving Major League Baseball Park Factor Estimates” on his blog. You can view the comments and leave your own here.
Tags: Baseball · JQAS · Papers
A Note on the NFL Single-Season Touchdown Receptions Record
January 3rd, 2008 · 5 Comments
A quick note on the receiving touchdowns record that Randy Moss recently broke: the, previous holder, Jerry Rice, only played 12 games in the year he caught 22 touchdowns (A 24-day players’ strike reduced the 16-game season to 15. The games that were scheduled for the third week of the season were cancelled, and the […]
The Price of Blinding Yourself to Barry
January 1st, 2008 · 14 Comments
I know, I know: more undeserved attention for a steroid-using, egotistical, big-headed (literally) 43-year-old, who used to steal 40 bases and play a great left field. I agree: that wouldn’t be too interesting. But what is interesting is the travesty that’s currently taking place. No, the travesty I am referring to is […]
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Park Factors Paper Accepted to JQAS
January 1st, 2008 · No Comments
I want to congratulate HSAC for having a paper accepted for publication in the Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports. Our paper, written by (alphabetically) Alex Ahmed, Alex D’Amour, Bobby Swift, Brad Oglevee, Carl Morris, Drew Peterson, Haibo Lu, and Rohit Acharya entitled “Improving Major League Baseball Park Factor Estimates” was accepted just before the […]
Tags: Baseball · Carl Morris · JQAS · Papers