The Return of Moneyball
It's opening night for the movie Moneyball, the big screen's adaptation of Michael Lewis' celebrated book. I say celebrated, which is accurate, and deserved. It is easily the best book ...Game of the Day
The pundits in the press --most of them, as usual -- are missing the game of the day: Auburn vs. Clemson. The standard storyline is that this is a contest ...MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference
Watching NBA highlights last night on NBATV, I stumbled across this video story on the 2010 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. Daryl Morey, GM of the Houston Rockets, helped establish ...Economics of injuries
Interesting piece at FT.com on economic analysis of injuries. Co-blogger Stefan argues that progress may be associated with information sharing, a practice made easier when a national sporting organization is ...Stats and fielding ability
Stacey Brook notes with approval the arrival of location-specific data for MLB games. Alan Schwarz discussed this in the NY Times about a week ago, stating that "all these pixels ..."Someone created the box score, and he should be shot"***
Michael Lewis has a piece in this weekend's NY Times Magazine, "The No Stats All Star." The focus is on the Houston Rockets' Shane Battier, and to a lesser extent ...
