By Daniel Adler We’ve hit the big-time…an article in the Wall Street Journal (the real deal–print edition!). The article looks at whether increasing payroll leads to more wins. The short answer: no. The...
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By David Roher Update: An astute commenter below pointed out a key mathematical error that I made. The corrected values on the table are in italics. It seems that every game in a short series gets classified as either a...
In addition to our own research, a major part of HSAC is the discussion of other projects in the sports world. Steven Levitt (of Freakonomics fame) and Kenneth Kovash recently released a working paper on game theory in the NFL...
By David Roher If you’re like me, you might have spent some time thinking about a peculiar rule in the seedings for the MLB Playoffs: if the #1 seed in a league (the best record among the 3 division winners) and the #4...