Latin (Baseball) Economics
A TSE reader, Jeff Baird, steered my attention toward an Economist article on Draft Dodgers No More: Can The Dominican Republic Avoid Puerto Rico’s Fate? …
Who Pays the College Coach
Mark Yost has an article on the pay of college coaches in this morning’s Wall Street Journal, including a quote from yours truly written here …
Nature vs. Nurture: An Update
In this post I linked to a Chronicle of Higher Education article that discussed some recent research on the gender of college coaches. That article …
When There’s a Will…
there’s a way. From the Minneapolis Star Tribune: Vikings running back Onterrio Smith was detained last month at Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport after police found paraphernalia …
Tiger, Jack, & "The Field"
With the U.S. Open going on, I’ve got golf on my mind, so here’s another golf-related post. A Google search quickly reveals how much buzz …
MLB’s Best and Worst Managers and GMs
Over the past 40 years, who are the best MLB managers and general managers? I recently explored this question in an academic piece published …
Step up, or step down
Crossposted at SCSU Scholars. St. Cloud State (SCSU) is a Division II athletic program except in ice hockey, where there is no Division II and …
Sports Palaces and Municipal Debt
Sports facilities play a prominent role in Steven Malanga’s article in today’s WSJ, “America’s Municipal Debt Racket.” Neither Malanga nor I make the claim that …
Electronics, Computers, and Judgement Calls
As I watched the final match of the NASDAQ tennis tournament Sunday afternoon and the opening game of Major League Baseball on Sunday evening, I …
Just give him the keys to the treasury
According to a report online at Forbes (and citing a report from the Minneapolis Star Tribune), Minnesota Vikings owner Zygi Wilf has rejected three different …