http://wagesofwins.com/2010/08/29/talking-about-the-pirates-again/ Taking aim at the lies and damned lies in sports with stories written by the numbers. Wed, 16 May 2012 21:23:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://wagesofwins.com/2010/08/29/talking-about-the-pirates-again/#comment-6972 links for 2010-09-03 | links.kburke.org Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:17:52 +0000 http://dberri.wordpress.com/?p=2470#comment-6972 [...] Want to be a profitable baseball team? Have a low salary and lose all your games n both books we observed that payroll and wins in baseball do not have a strong correlation. Specifically, a team’s payroll only explains about 20% of a team’s wins. This means that it takes more than dollars to win in baseball. And this means that simply taking money from the rich teams and giving it to the poor teams is not going to transform baseball’s lower classes into winners. The Pirates appear to be agreeing with this observation. Rather than spend all the revenue sharing money – which may or may not lead to many more wins – the Pirates have decided to just keep part of this money as profits. This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink. ← Bookmarks for September 3rd from 19:29 to 21:07 [...] [...] Want to be a profitable baseball team? Have a low salary and lose all your games n both books we observed that payroll and wins in baseball do not have a strong correlation. Specifically, a team’s payroll only explains about 20% of a team’s wins. This means that it takes more than dollars to win in baseball. And this means that simply taking money from the rich teams and giving it to the poor teams is not going to transform baseball’s lower classes into winners. The Pirates appear to be agreeing with this observation. Rather than spend all the revenue sharing money – which may or may not lead to many more wins – the Pirates have decided to just keep part of this money as profits. This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink. ← Bookmarks for September 3rd from 19:29 to 21:07 [...]

]]> http://wagesofwins.com/2010/08/29/talking-about-the-pirates-again/#comment-6971 links for 2010-09-03 – Kevin Burke Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:34:57 +0000 http://dberri.wordpress.com/?p=2470#comment-6971 [...] Want to be a profitable baseball team? Have a low salary and lose all your games n both books we observed that payroll and wins in baseball do not have a strong correlation. Specifically, a team’s payroll only explains about 20% of a team’s wins. This means that it takes more than dollars to win in baseball. And this means that simply taking money from the rich teams and giving it to the poor teams is not going to transform baseball’s lower classes into winners. The Pirates appear to be agreeing with this observation. Rather than spend all the revenue sharing money – which may or may not lead to many more wins – the Pirates have decided to just keep part of this money as profits. Sep 3rd, 2010 by kevin. ← links for 2010-09-02 [...] [...] Want to be a profitable baseball team? Have a low salary and lose all your games n both books we observed that payroll and wins in baseball do not have a strong correlation. Specifically, a team’s payroll only explains about 20% of a team’s wins. This means that it takes more than dollars to win in baseball. And this means that simply taking money from the rich teams and giving it to the poor teams is not going to transform baseball’s lower classes into winners. The Pirates appear to be agreeing with this observation. Rather than spend all the revenue sharing money – which may or may not lead to many more wins – the Pirates have decided to just keep part of this money as profits. Sep 3rd, 2010 by kevin. ← links for 2010-09-02 [...]

]]> http://wagesofwins.com/2010/08/29/talking-about-the-pirates-again/#comment-6970 Bookmarks for September 3rd from 00:40 to 01:05 | links.kburke.org Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:50:09 +0000 http://dberri.wordpress.com/?p=2470#comment-6970 [...] Want to be a profitable baseball team? Have a low salary and lose all your games – n both books we observed that payroll and wins in baseball do not have a strong correlation. Specifically, a team’s payroll only explains about 20% of a team’s wins. This means that it takes more than dollars to win in baseball. And this means that simply taking money from the rich teams and giving it to the poor teams is not going to transform baseball’s lower classes into winners. The Pirates appear to be agreeing with this observation. Rather than spend all the revenue sharing money – which may or may not lead to many more wins – the Pirates have decided to just keep part of this money as profits. This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink. ← links for 2010-09-02 [...] [...] Want to be a profitable baseball team? Have a low salary and lose all your games – n both books we observed that payroll and wins in baseball do not have a strong correlation. Specifically, a team’s payroll only explains about 20% of a team’s wins. This means that it takes more than dollars to win in baseball. And this means that simply taking money from the rich teams and giving it to the poor teams is not going to transform baseball’s lower classes into winners. The Pirates appear to be agreeing with this observation. Rather than spend all the revenue sharing money – which may or may not lead to many more wins – the Pirates have decided to just keep part of this money as profits. This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink. ← links for 2010-09-02 [...]

]]> http://wagesofwins.com/2010/08/29/talking-about-the-pirates-again/#comment-6969 Pittsburgh screws the Bucks… and other thoughts « Courtside Analyst Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:25:22 +0000 http://dberri.wordpress.com/?p=2470#comment-6969 [...] do I know the Bucks lost money?  I don’t.  But Professor Berri points out in his post that the information Deadspin uncovered was already know....  Forbes Magazine had projected each team in the black long before Deadspin proved it.  But [...] [...] do I know the Bucks lost money?  I don’t.  But Professor Berri points out in his post that the information Deadspin uncovered was already know….  Forbes Magazine had projected each team in the black long before Deadspin proved it.  But [...]

]]> http://wagesofwins.com/2010/08/29/talking-about-the-pirates-again/#comment-6968 dberri Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:37:42 +0000 http://dberri.wordpress.com/?p=2470#comment-6968 Baseball Guy, The link above (at the top of the post) takes you to the interview. Baseball Guy,
The link above (at the top of the post) takes you to the interview.

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