“I’m stunned. This team fooled me to some degree,” general manager Brian Cashman said. “This is a tough one because this team was capable of a lot, at least I thought.” This was the reaction of the Yankees general manager to New York’s exit from the playoffs yesterday. Clearly Cashman …
When I was growing up I was taught two lessons about baseball by my father. First, since we both grew up in Detroit, we root for the Tigers. Second, we hate the Yankees. My father’s hatred went all the way back to the 1930s and continued all his life. My …
In the Wages of Wins we note that we are not too fond of the New York Yankees. Well, today the Yankees were eliminated from the playoffs — demonstrating once again that money alone can’t buy a title in baseball. Plus the Yankees lost to my team, the Detroit Tigers. …
Matthew Yglesias has posted a comment on an article by Greg Johnson in the October 4th issue of the LA Times. Johnson’s article, entitled “Seriously, Money Isn’t Everything”, was also noted in this very forum. The argument advanced by Johnson, which builds upon quotes from noted sports economists Andrew Zimbalist …
Carmelo Anthony has been the subject of a number of comments in this forum. Although Anthony is often linked to Dwyane Wade and LeBron James, the following posts have argued that Anthony has never offered the level of productivity we observe from Flash and King James. One Prediction is (Almost) …
With each team I review I am listing, at the bottom of the post, all the teams I have analyzed thus far. That list is getting a bit lengthy. So I am going to list all the Eastern Conference teams in this post, and then I will just reference this …
Who is the better quarterback – David Carr or Michael Vick? According to the NFL’s quarterback rating system, Carr is currently the top rated signal caller in the league. Meanwhile Vick is ranked 27th out of 31 quarterbacks. To understand the validity of this ranking, let’s quickly review how the …
Greg Johnson of the LA Times states in today’s edition that Seriously, Money Isn’t Everything (the article is free to read, but you do have to register first). Johnson observes that although playoff teams like the Yankees and Mets rank towards the top in baseball’s payroll rankings, other playoff teams …
As the following posts indicate, Dirk Nowitzki and The Dallas Mavericks were discussed in some detail last June. Yglesias and the Least Valuable MVP Myth and Measurement after Game Three of the NBA Finals Thoughts After Game Four: The Dallas Mavericks Story Four Thoughts on Game Five Given these previous …
I posted the following last June. Unfortunately I made the mistake of giving it the title: What Wins Produced Says and What it Doesn’t Say. Apparently, you can’t use the word “Doesn’t” in the title. Now when I link to this story the link won’t work. So I am re-posting so that in the future when …