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Strikeouts and the Anna Karenina Principle, or: Why K’s Don’t Hurt MLB Batters
By David Roher “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Leo Tolstoy’s beard, seen here giving Bruce Sutter’s beard a run for its money. So begins Leo Tolstoy’s...
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A New Way to Measure Payroll Efficiency (And what it says about the Yankees...
By David Roher Note: This article originally appeared on the Huffington Post. Did the 2009 New York Yankees have the most efficient payroll in baseball? According to some recent research we’ve done,...
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The Iverson Gap: Why Valuing Players Is Even Harder Than You Think
By David Roher Why is Iverson more valuable when he’s not wearing Nuggets powder blue? Note: This article originally appeared in the Huffington Post. The value of Allen Iverson is one of the most...
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What Do Professional Athletes Have in Common With Bankers?
By Daniel Adler Jerry Jones and his owner brethren and Bud Fox and his Wall Street cronies are both indebted to the government for some of their riches Today, we will examine two industries. Neither...
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What Went Wrong with the Hall of Fame Vote
By David Roher At least no one voted for Pat Buchanan. It seems to me that most of the negative response to this afternoon’s Hall of Fame vote is going to be focused on Andre Dawson’s getting in, which...
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The Media, Mark McGwire, and Chew
By David Roher Mark McGwire may have taken steroids, but he didn’t get the mileage out of them that Mike Lupica has. Lupica benefited from the 1998 home run chase, publishing a book about it a few...
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The Comfort Zone, Part 1
Which of these teams would benefit more from a high-scoring game? By David Roher Pitchers and catchers! I don’t need much of an excuse to start talking about baseball, but I probably need one to assume...
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Where Every Team Is Above Average: Home-Field Advantage and its Effects on...
By David Roher A robust home-field advantage would increase revenue across the board. Had an incredible time at the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference yesterday. I got to tell so many people how long...
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Should MLB Realign Its Divisions?
By Ben Blatt Some people believe that baseball faces a serious parity problem. While most would acknowledge that the root of the problem is in unequal payrolls, the position of many owners and the...
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MLB Playoff Home-Field Advantage Is Tinier Than David Eckstein
By David Roher The Rays didn’t get much of an advantage at Tropicana Field, losing all three of their ALDS games there. These playoffs have been one for the road. In the Division Series, the home team...
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