I don’t follow college basketball, but that hardly matters this time of year. If you’re like me, you need a good way to figure out how to make a bracket without knowing anything about the teams playing. By following a statistical framework and mixing in your own judgment about upsets (or just random guessing), you’ll […]
March Madness for Dummies
March 16th, 2009 · 6 Comments
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The Real Sabermetrics
February 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Originally appeared in the Harvard Independent
I should love Bobby Abreu.
At least I should according to Ed Wade, the GM of the Houston Astros. Wade told the New York Times that the former all-star is “a sabermetrician’s dream, from the standpoint of what he produces statistically.” Fortunately, Wade is not my most trusted source for baseball […]
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