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Can You Predict the Future with Wins Produced?

May 31, 2006 by

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Malcolm Gladwell made the following observation at his blog a few days ago: Is the Wages of Wins algorithm an improvement over the things like the NBA Efficiency system? To make the case for their system, the authors “fit” their algorithm to the real world. For the 2003-04 season, they add up the number of […]

Comment on the Call for Sports Union Militancy

May 31, 2006 by

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Matthew Yglesias at the American Prospect posted the following at TAPPED (a blog at the American Prospect website): NEEDED: MORE SPORTS UNION MILITANCY. If you just read Malcolm Gladwell's New Yorker review of the new book The Wages of Wins, about the economic analysis of sports, you'll miss the important American Prospect-y angle. The book […]

The WagesofWins.com

May 30, 2006 by

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Much of the action on our website occurs on our blog, The Wages of Wins Journal.  About once a week we post updates at the WagesofWins.com. At our blog, though, our comments come more frequently. For those who found The Wages of Wins Journal via Malcolm Gladwell’s blog or the recommendation of Business Week, you […]

Really, that was just a Joke

May 30, 2006 by

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On Saturday I posted a comment about the Detroit Tigers arguing that the team I have followed since a child needs to lose a bit more.  My argument, made in jest, was that the team with the best regular season record in baseball has only won the World Series once in the past ten years.  […]

Asking the Same Question as Greg Mankiw

May 30, 2006 by

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We started The Wages of Wins Journal in mid-April and have been pleased with the attention we have received.  Still, Greg Mankiw asks a question today at his blog that I have thought about as well. Greg wonders if he is “eating a free lunch?”  Specifically he states:“For the past several months, I have been […]

The NBA Post-Season Awards

May 30, 2006 by

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The NBA has handed out its post-season awards. What follows is a review of the MVP, Rookie of the Year, and All-NBA teams.  Who would the winners be if the media only looked at the stats, and of course, considered how the stats linked to team wins? Most Valuable Player: Kevin Garnett (26.5 Wins Produced) […]

Three Real Smart Guys

May 29, 2006 by

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Apparently Marty, Stacey, and I are “three Real Smart Guys.” At least, that is what Michael Bradley of CBS Sportline.com claims in a column posted on Thursday.  Bradley makes this unbelievable claim in the course of arguing why Kobe Bryant is not the MVP this season.  Bradley’s argument about Kobe echoes a post I made […]

Are the Tigers Winning Too Much?

May 28, 2006 by

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I was born in Detroit and although my family left when I was eleven, I have remained a Tigers fan all my life.  From 1978 to 1993 the Tigers finished with a winning record twelve times. So much of my early memories, including of course the magical 1984 season, are quite good.  From 1994 to […]

Business Week Notes Our Blog

May 28, 2006 by

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Earlier in the week I received an e-mail from Business Week expressing interest in our blog.  The e-mail asked if we were planning on posting often, and if we were not then they would link to some other site.  I answered that we were of course going to post frequently, primarily because I was thrilled […]

Ticket Prices and Player Salaries

May 28, 2006 by

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Malcolm Gladwell has focused primarily on the stories we tell about basketball.  His very positive review in The New Yorker and his comments yesterday at his website each explain clearly the story we tell with respect to the NBA.  The Wages of Wins, though, is not strictly about the NBA.  Our research in sports economics […]

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