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 …
Kinesiology and Curling
In curling, what if you could come up with some way for sweepers to improve their sweeping techniques and efficiency by 1%? Would that be …
MLB Awards–It’s A NY-Boston World
I don’t want to turn the Sports Economist into just another sabermetrics site, but the recent award announcements in MLB point out the state of …
Colonial Suffers from PGA Success
Golf gets very little “clock time” on the Sports Economist, so here goes. The Dallas Morning News’ Kevin Sherrington writes today about the growing irrelevance …
Yankee dollar fails again
Once again, the team with the biggest payroll in baseball failed to win or even reach the World Series. As a result, some commentators have …
The Eyes Have It
A recent Los Angeles Times has an article on exercises and technology which are helping baseball players see the ball better. A sample: The device …
North American Association of Sports Economists
The North American Association of Sports Economists has negotiated with the Journal of Sports Economics to get members of the Association cut rate subscriptions to …
Operating Losses in the NBA
From an article entitled “A confidential report shows nearly half the NBA lost money last season. Now what?” from ESPN.com: Despite a flood of new …
BYU Goes Pro (Sort of)
ESPN Soccernet’s Frank Dell’Appa posted a thoughtful consideration of whether college soccer helps or hinders the development of professionally-capable U.S. soccer players. His assessment, or …
The Continuing Stadium Mess: More Effects of Using Other People’s Money
I’m shocked, shocked I say that this would happen in a case with a publicly-subsidized sports stadium. Eight years ago, as the St. Louis Cardinals …