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Thanks to Everyone!!
Dave gives thanks to the Wages of Wins Network for not blowing things up while he's been gone and shows a picture of himself.
J.C. Bradbury says “So Long”
The Wages of Wins was published in May of 2006. Before it appeared, J.C. Bradbury – of Sabernomics – urged us to create a blog to promote the book. At the time I had no idea how to start a blog (or how to promote a book – something I am still not sure about). […]
J.C. Bradbury says "So Long"
The Wages of Wins was published in May of 2006. Before it appeared, J.C. Bradbury – of Sabernomics – urged us to create a blog to promote the book. At the time I had no idea how to start a blog (or how to promote a book – something I am still not sure about). […]
Missing Links from this Past Week
As I noted in my last post, I was on vacation for part of this past week. While I was away there were a few events that deserved some comment. Thankfully we now have a Wages of Wins Network, so even when I am not around someone else tends to step forward and offer some […]
A Short Note On the Passing of Ernie Harwell
I was born in Detroit (in 1969) and my family lived there until 1981. For those who remember the 1970s (and that excludes many of my students, who seem to be mostly born after 1990), it was a time when you followed your favorite baseball team primarily via the radio. There was no Internet or […]
Writing For Huffington Post Sports
Huffington Post has decided to start a sports section and I have been asked to be a contributor. Today the sports section officially launched, and with it, my first post appeared. The post is titled “If You Build It, Nothing Really Comes.” The column addresses the recent decision by the state of California to suspend […]
The Snake Mittens Response
This was in our Bakersfield paper this morning. Although I do not condone dismissive and insulting responses, I still found the latest Dilbert cartoon from Scott Adams to be damn funny. And if the past is a predictor of the future, I think I will be tempted to use the “snake mittens” line from […]
Weekend Bullets for February 2-3
Last week I provided a column that was so weak I thought it was a good idea to provide links to people who had better insights. The list of links led a couple of people to ask if I could post links on a regular basis. So this weekend I thought I would give it a […]
A Guide to Evaluating Models
One of my tasks this past weekend – beyond watching football and basketball — was to review a paper for the Journal of Sports Economics. Although I can’t reveal the details of the paper, I can note that this paper was relatively standard in the sports economics literature. A model was proposed, estimated, and discussed. […]
Malcolm Gladwell is Back and an Announcement
On January 4th of this year Malcolm Gladwell posted a story on Enron and Newspapers at Gladwell.com. And then Gladwell went to work on this third book and his blog went dead. Well, today it came back to life. For those who don’t want to click on over to Gladwell.com, here is his latest post […]
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Wages of Wins Journal 
July 8, 2011 by dberri
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