And your 2011 World Series Winner is…
October 17, 2011 by Mike Lynch · 4 Comments
About 30 years ago, Bill James introduced a prediction system that picked the World Series winner with 70% accuracy. He wrote about the system for Inside Sports magazine in 1982, then expounded on it in his 1984 Baseball Abstract. He developed the system in 1972 and it accurately predicted the World Series winner at a […]
The BBWAA Report Card for the 21st Century: Part 4
July 14, 2011 by Michael Hoban · 4 Comments
In Part 1 of this series, I indicated that the BBWAA (Baseball Writers Association of America) has been quite successful since 2001 in their selection of major league players for induction into the Hall of Fame. Of the eighteen inductees from 2001 through 2011, sixteen do indeed have Hall of Fame numbers according to the […]
Bill James’ World Series Predictor Goes With…
October 26, 2010 by Mike Lynch · 2 Comments
More than 25 years ago, Bill James introduced a prediction system that picked the World Series winner with 70% accuracy. He wrote about the system for Inside Sports magazine in 1982, then expounded on it in his 1984 Baseball Abstract. He developed the system in 1972 and it accurately predicted the World Series winner at […]
Chris Coste Is 37, Has Had Elbow Surgery and Been Released But Retirement Seems Very Unlikely
June 11, 2010 by Bob Wirz · Leave a Comment
This is not a retirement story as I have seen implied elsewhere, but then why would anyone think a little thing like elbow surgery would put an end to Chris Coste’s playing career. It will take more than the year off that normally is required after the so-called Tommy John operation to bring an end […]
