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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 ...
