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The Hardball Times:How ethical was it?
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studes +1Good point. This was discussed in the Ballhype comments for the last article. The scenarios were written to stimulate class discussion, and they weren't designed ideally for an exercise like this. Many people managed to rank the scenarios, but it does make interpretation a bit difficult.
The Hardball Times:How ethical was it?
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studes Good point, and perhaps the students interpreted the situation the same way. However, I think that anyone who offers alcohol at a ridiculously low price bears some responsibility for the repercussions of that act. I wouldn't call it ethically neutral.
The Hardball Times:How ethical was it?
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studes Good grief. Stupid me. thanks for pointing that out. No, the exercise had it right -- I got it wrong.
The Hardball Times:Ranking baseball’s ethical transgressions
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studes Fair point. You can read Willy's response in this post.
The Hardball Times:The remains of the season: Mets edition
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studes Sure, I'll take those out if you let me take out six games where the Mets looked bad, too.
The Hardball Times:Rating the BBWAA (Part 2)
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studes The age of the closer came about in the last 40 years, right? There have been center fielders since the beginning of organized ball.
Starters still pitch 2/3 of all innings. And setup men shouldn't get into the Hall. Most provide very little value compared to closers, starters and everyday players.
The Hardball Times:Rating the BBWAA (Part 2)
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studes Two great articles, Chris. Very enjoyable reading with some pretty clear resolutions and implications. Thanks.
The Hardball Times:Evaluating the Rich Harden trade
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studes Another great article, Victor. Thanks for contributing it to THT.
Maybe I've missed it, but where do you factor in the time value of money in your analyses?
The Hardball Times:THT round table: Sabathia and Harden
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studes I agree that the Gaudin aspect of the deal is one of opportunity cost. It may be that the A's didn't fully value someone on their staff cause he wasn't being valuable to them at the time. (or... maybe they did and I don't know what I'm talking about. Always possible). I'm not as high on Murton as you are. He's a singles hitter with a mediocre glove, IMO.
I also agree that "we" may be undervaluing Gallagher. Most scouting reports I've read project him as a #3 starter, but I'm always unsure exactly what scouts mean when they say that. #3 on a championship staff? #3 in terms of what, exactly?
The Hardball Times:Ten things I didn’t know last week
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studes Oh, there's been a huge improvement in the fielding from last year. Last year, their fielders were -142(!!) in our batted ball plus/minus system. Pitchers were +12.
So the Rays' pitchers are better this year, but their fielding is much, much better.
Ian Snell, Shaun Marcum and their elbow injuries
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studes This is awesome, Chris. Welcome to the crazy world of PITCHf/x.
The Hardball Times:Ten things I didn’t know last week
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studes Ay yi yi. Two big mistakes in one article. I'm slipping.
Thanks for pointing that out !
The Hardball Times:Ten things I didn’t know last week
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studes Great stuff, matts. Thanks.
One thing: you may not have found an year-to-year correlation in your dataset, but there is no doubt that some teams/parks have persistent home field advantages. Coors Field is one example.
The Hardball Times:Ten things I didn’t know last week
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studes One astute reader pointed out to me that the infamous 1899 Cleveland Spiders -- the worst team in baseball history -- played most of their games on the road. In 1899, the Spiders were 9-33 at home and 11-101 on the road.
This naturally makes the overall H/A record skew toward home teams, since the worst team is on the road more of the time.
I did some research and found that the Spiders played 113 more games on the road than at home during the decade. Plus, the Louisville Colonels, a terrible team in the mid 1890's, tended to play more games on the road. Overall, they played 103 more games on the road than at home.
So, these uneven schedules appear to be one of the major drivers of the .600 home team winning percentage in the 1890's.
The Hardball Times:Ten things I didn’t know last week
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studes If you haven't seen it, the "Ask E.T." section of his website is great reading.
The Hardball Times:Ten things I didn’t know last week
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studes Thanks, Edmundo. I've read Tufte for many years. Like you, I don't follow his recommendations absolutely, but I do find them very useful.
The Hardball Times:I was born a ramblin’ man
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studes Ooh. Derek has 253.
This is fun. :)
The Hardball Times:I was born a ramblin’ man
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studes Hey, I forgot about Lee Sinins! He has 592.
The Hardball Times:I was born a ramblin’ man
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studes I checked. Steve has 222 entries, which includes THT Live posts. Some of those may be closed, but I'm sure he still has you beat for now.
Bryan T. has 212. Matthew has 365. Gleeman has 252. I have 835.
Get back to work, John!
The Hardball Times:I was born a ramblin’ man
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studes As in "I was busy sabermetricking last night"
At my age, sabermetricking means extra loud snoring. Which is probably the reaction a lot of baseball fans have to sabermetrics, too.
