Posts Tagged “baseball”
The economics of batting .300
by tom acox on October 4, 2010
Via Alex Tabarrok at Marginal Revolution Incentives It turns out that major league hitters on the verge of a 3 handle batting average — .300 — hit an astounding .463 on their last at bat of the season: That is (…)
Mets and Yankees Fans
by tom acox on May 9, 2010
From a recent WSJ piece, some interesting (and contradictory?) findings about New York Mets fans compared with New Yankees fans: 66% Yankees fans 33% Mets fans The Mets have more fans in Queens, of course, and the Yankees have an (…)
What does a strike zone look like?
by tom acox on April 22, 2010
Depends on the balls and strikes. Percentage of strikes called in different situations from the Compassionate Umpire. More details at the site. A (delayed) thanks to Eric D for the tip.