Posts Tagged “New York Mets”

Is StubHub a lagging indicator?

by tom acox on April 26, 2011

I wrote about the potential utility for StubHub as prediction here. At the time, the NY Mets were stinking up the field and certain tickets were as low as $3. Then Terry Collins got ejected from a game. Those bottom (…)

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Is StubHub a good prediction market for an MLB team’s performance?

by tom acox on April 19, 2011

A recent NYT article reported continued troubled times for the Major League Baseball’s New York Mets. the Mets have internally projected that their attendance will be lower this year than last year, mostly because attendance figures often reflect what happened (…)

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New York Mets: Sunk or an Opportunity?

by tom acox on January 11, 2011

Bobby Bonilla hasn’t played for the New York Mets since 1999 but in 2010 they will play him over  a million dollars.  The team will continue to pay Bonilla over $1 million a year each of the next 24 seasons.  In 2035, (…)

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