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Entries from September 2008

Thoughts on: “Pythagorean Win/Loss, Luck, and Why the Rays Will Lose the Division”

September 28th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I just came across an article that was written on RBIMagazine.com about a month ago, predicting that the Rays wouldn’t win the division because they have been lucky this season, while the Red Sox have been unlucky.  The writer uses the Bill James Pythagorean Win/Loss formula, a formula widely known in the baseball statistics community and even beyond at this point, to […]

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Mike Zarren Speaks at HSAC

September 25th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Mike Zarren, JD ‘04, Assistant Executive Director of Basketball Operations/Associate Counsel of the NBA Champion Boston Celtics, spoke to a group of HSAC members this past Wednesday night in Winthrop House.
Mike spoke about his role with the team, the use of statistical analysis in professional basketball, and also provided advice and background regarding the process […]

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Tags: Basketball · Boston