Management by Discrete Jumps, Not Increments?
Tom Verducci of SI.com hammers the management of pitching in MLB, particularly the role of "closers," in "With More Closers Breaking Down, It's Time to Rethink the Modern Bullpen." In ...MLB Umps Not so Color Blind?
The racial bias analysis of strikes-balls decisions of MLB umps by UT-Austin professor Daniel Hamermesh and coauthors (Parsons, Sulaeman, Yates) has generated the expected buzz in the popular press and ...Playoff Roulette
Jeffrey Beckmann at BleacherReport presents a slideshow of the "50 Best Teams" not to win a World Series. Of the teams on this side of 1950, the 1996 Braves and ...Steroid Publicity & Hall Voting
Whatever readers and contributors to TSE think about publicity given to MLB steroid use, it continues to hammer the chances of Hall of Fame inductions for an increasing set of ...The Short Porch has Gotten Shorter in the Bronx
What has caused the home run derby at the new Yankee Stadium? Is it the new ballpark? Is it changes in the weather? Is it poor pitching? The folks at ...Why MLBPA Slow to Protect Non-Users?
Milwaukee Brewer Ryan Braun surpised the baseball world this week by admitting his use of steroids and accepting a suspension. Of course, after failing a drug test and avoiding suspension ...Baseball Beaning & Brawls
John Kruk and Eric Young provide a humorous analysis of the "right way to fight in baseball" following the Red Sox Kevin Youkilis charging of Detroit's Rick Porcello a week ...Fans Care about PED Use -- Sometimes
What spurred the public's negative view of the use of PEDs? Why have MLB and pro cycling received much more attention than the NFL? Some would say fans don’t care, ...Yanks Slash Ticket Prices
WhoDaThunkIt.com? The New York Yankees slashed prices on more than 40 percent of their front-row seats by up to 50 percent Tuesday and announced many of those who bought tickets ...Tracking Changes in MLB Baseball Attendance
Baseball-Reference.com has a handy page (HT to JC Bradbury) where they are tracking changes in MLB team attendance. It calculates overall attendance, per-game attendance, and comparisons between this year and ...Baseball Healthy In Spite of Declining World Series Viewership
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. When these same two teams ...Something for Everybody: MLB's Mechanism Design
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 on the Yankees' performance : ...
