I’ve blogged about Moneyball both on this blog and on LenNYsYankees.com, and for the most part I’ve discussed its merits, and its statistical strength in determining how much a single player is worth on the free agent market. While I stand by my original position, I recently had a conversation on Twitter with some folks who are ready … Continue reading
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NL MVP Outlook: Braun and Kemp Up to Upton
Last week I gave you my take on the AL MVP race giving Granderson a very slight over Jose Bautista. Now it’s time to look at the race in the National League. With still over a month left to play, much can change, but here’s the outlook now. Ryan Braun: With 25 home runs and … Continue reading
AL MVP Outlook: Granderson, Bautista, Verlander, and some Sox
We’re down to a little over a month of baseball. It’s like realizing you only have a bite or two of ice cream left in your bowl and you’re not going to have anything left to enjoy soon. Luckily my Yankees have a half game lead in the A L East and are all, but … Continue reading
The Great Restrainers: Brian and Calvin Coolidge
I’d always thought Brian Cashman was a terrible GM. That is until recently, when I realized that ownership was overriding him on a lot of the decisions I didn’t like. Cashman made it obvious he didn’t want to sign Rafael Soriano this offseason and when the expensive signing happened, everyone knew Hank Steinbrenner overrode his … Continue reading
My Guest post on LenNY’s Yankees: Moneyball
Lenny Neslin, the author of popular Yankee blog LenNY’s Yankees, let me write a second guest post on his blog. This one is about the merits of Billy Beane’s style of baseball known as “Moneyball.” Click here to read my guest post on http://www.LenNYsYankees.com
Moneyball: Just Beautifully Applied Market Research
A fellow student in my Master of Marketing Research program told me that the book Moneyball was one of the factors that sparked his interest in marketing research. I just finished the book and enjoyed it thoroughly–as both a baseball fan and a (soon-to-be) marketing researcher. Without getting into the nitty-gritty of the statistics, the … Continue reading
NHL’s Time to Shine?
Great post about Kevin Gregg and David Ortiz. Ortiz is such a hypocritical punk. And Gregg might now be my favorite non-Yankee reliever (the fact that he’s on my fantasy team also makes it easier to root for him). Anyway, continuing in the sports realm, how interesting is it that there exists the possibility of … Continue reading
Kevin Gregg, An American Hero
Dear Mr. Gregg, Thank you! Thank you for standing up to a man that took steroids and charmed the media into overlooking his transgression. Thank you for standing up for the game of baseball, and calling out a DH who doesn’t have the energy to run out a fly ball after chilling in the dugout … Continue reading
The Underrated Yankees
When Colon, Chamberlain, and Jeter went down with injuries it felt daunting. Add to that the knowledge that The Yankees had let a Red Sox team that started 2-10 take the AL East lead, and it feels like a lost season. I was ready to start trading for prospects. Then, during Sunday night’s broadcast of … Continue reading
Bud Selig and MLB Hope to Join Other Sports in Relaxing Playoff Passion
The NBA expanded their playoff bracket to 16 teams in the 80’s, so the majority of NBA teams already make the post season. In 2002 they changed the first round from five to seven games, making upsets even more rare and the first round even more worthless (the only eight seed vs. one seed upset … Continue reading
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