Probability of a perfect game July 24, 2009
Posted by tomflesher in Baseball.Tags: Baseball Analysts, Buerhle's perfect game, links
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Sky over at Baseball Analysts ran some probabilities using on-base percentages to calculate particular pitchers’ probabilities of pitching a perfect game once and over a career. The method’s simple enough that it’s easy to calculate for any pitcher.
Manny bidding Manny July 16, 2009
Posted by tomflesher in Academia, Baseball.Tags: Albuquerque Isotopes, auctions, Dodgers, Economics haiku, externalities, Manny Ramirez, Pigouvian tax, steroids in baseball, suspension
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There’s been some debate as to whether Manny Ramirez should have been allowed to make his rehab starts in AAA Albuquerque before returning to his Major League club, the Los Angeles Dodgers, after a 50-game suspension for drug use. Behind the cut, I’d like to think about some of the reasons behind the punishment and propose a solution.
