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In the April issue of the Southern Economic Journal, John Solow and Anthony Krautmann explore the effects of 1995 MLB agreement whereby 17% of all …
In the April issue of the Southern Economic Journal, John Solow and Anthony Krautmann explore the effects of 1995 MLB agreement whereby 17% of all …
If Phil Miller’s Saturday post on the NFL draft is Day 1, then here is a Day 2 examination. NFL writers/analysts love to speculate on …
A Soccernet piece by Andrea Canales draws attention to the importance of creativity in performance. Her specific target is Justin Mapp and his nearly single-handed …
I’ve had an longtime fascination with gameday ticket resell, not just the analytics and systematic data study but in a “hands-on” way — I guess …
While Yankees v. Dodgers would been MLB’s dream television matchup for the World Series, the Red Sox v. Cardinals setup is likely better than most. …
I’ve quickly noticed that the title, Moneyball, incites strong emotions. In spite of this, I’ll risk a venture into some of the issues intersecting with …
Continuing my recent Yankees theme … in a curiously long post on his blog, SI writer Joe Posnanski considers the effect of MLB’s playoff structure …
I don’t want to turn the Sports Economist into just another sabermetrics site, but the recent award announcements in MLB point out the state of …
Golf gets very little “clock time” on the Sports Economist, so here goes. The Dallas Morning News’ Kevin Sherrington writes today about the growing irrelevance …
ESPN Soccernet’s Frank Dell’Appa posted a thoughtful consideration of whether college soccer helps or hinders the development of professionally-capable U.S. soccer players. His assessment, or …
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