This tweet has been making the rounds: Still one of the most remarkable sports statistics I've ever seen. http://t.co/QywmmV1jGO pic.twitter.com/Mh2WVyg4Bm … More
Month: June 2014
Nate Silver’s successful World Cup predictions: luck or skill?
Over on Stats Bomb, Seth Burn has taken FiveThirtyEight’s World Cup predictions, and, using what’s called the Kelly formula, placed wagers on each … More
The defense will not rest…
This blog will be mostly quiet for the next month or so. My dissertation defense, titled “Causal inference for multiple … More
World Cup ages
So, the Guardian posted an interesting article with some graphs from the 2014 World Cup. Even better, linked at the bottom … More
Talent acquisition and the post-steroid era
As of yesterday, Buster Posey, Jacoby Ellsbury, and Ryan Howard were each ranked between 90th and 100th in OPS among … More
The strike zone is a unicorn
As part of SNY’s pre-game show, former MLB pitcher and current Mets analyst Bobby Ojeda answers tweets using #HeyBobbyO. Tuesday, … More