The Twins get in the game, too
On top of the Vikings story I told two days ago, we find out now that a judge in Minneapolis has let the Twins baseball …
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Not Exactly Julian Simon and Paul Ehrlich…
On August 7 Dave Berri posted, “A Simple Test for Those Ranking College Football Teams.” On pre-season Division IA football rankings, he says: “My sense …
Book Review: 200 MPH Billboard
The last time I paid attention to stock car racing, Cale Yarborough and Richard Petty were names and I’d never heard of the acronym NASCAR. …
A Better Football Poll?
The BCS has finally made its appearance and we now “know” that Ohio State is the number one team in the land. Okay, we really …
On the Importance of Competitive Balance
Also posted at WagesofWins.com The first round of the NBA playoffs ended on Saturday night. In eight first-round match-ups the team with the best regular …
More ways to hate the NCAA
Crossposted at SCSU Scholars. As noted by Joanne Jacobs, some student-athletes in Florida are using private high schools to skirt eligibility rules for college football. …
Your antennae have to rise…
{Crossposted at SCSU Scholars.} …whenever you hear about business people and government officials getting together to discuss money. So word yesterday that Zygi Wilf and …
Hot Loonie Observations
Thanks to Brad Humphreys for his post below on exchange rates and franchise values. There has been a plethora of “hot Loonie” articles lately. And …
Is Revenue Sharing Working?
During Game One of the World Series Tim McCarver claimed that revenue sharing in baseball is working. His evidence – baseball is crowning its seventh …
"Money" and "Ball" and the Cost per Win Fallacy
In his article, “Based on Payrolls, Brewers Faring Quite Well This Season,” Tom Haudricourt offers us the following: “The bottom line of victories and losses …