That's a good theory. That's the main explanation we came up with too. Read more

The AL didn't exist until 19001. Prior to the World Series, the defunct American Association participated in the MLB champ games. Meaning they were more like another AL or NL (or NFC/AFC for your analogy) than an independent inferior organization like Arena Football or XFL. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_p… Read more

The advanced metrics likely do have some effect. That's a good point. I really didn't think much of that until you said this. I noticed in CWS/NCAA baseball this season that's become more common too. Read more

Has Tina Turner ever performed there? Read more

If you can get me reliable data on the geographic center of NFL season ticket holders team by team, then by golly, I'll follow up this post. That data would be a fun thing to look at. Read more

Ah, my first Elaine name calling since I've moved to NY. As a Seinfeld fan, I knew that was coming eventually. I surprisingly got that a lot more in Nebraska. Read more

I'm much too young to feel this damn old. But also old enough to quote Garth Brooks without trying to be ironic about it. Read more

Click here. http://en.torlaune.de/dataviz/wc2014… Read more

I just changed that right as you posted. Forgot about the "combined" no-hitter that was thrown in 2012 when I compiled the names. The fluctuations are interesting. Maybe something to follow up on. Read more

I was not alive either to see Nolan Ryan. That's an interesting assertion though. Perhaps someone on this thread will know more about this. Of course that wouldn't be the only reason he threw so many no hitters. But if he walked more batters during no hitters (when he was on his game) than he did otherwise, that'd be… Read more

A strikeout can definitely be a good out, especially if the pitcher has to throw ten pitches or so. I think that was actually talked about in Moneyball a little bit, but my memory is sort of vague, so I may have read that elsewhere. But on the flip side, there is hidden value in just putting the ball in play and not… Read more

I messed with standard deviations a little bit. The calculations pretty much came up in the same order, but were more confusing to get across. Also make less sense intuitively. But that is a route someone could take to look at this. Read more

can you elaborate? Read more

That is a valid point. And another way to look at things. I try to avoid taking percents of percents though as it often becomes confusing what you are originally talking about. Not just in baseball, but when I've stories on BLS data and economic stuff. I try to stick to percentage points when I have several percents… Read more

When I see something in the news worth adjusting for, I might be able to convince an editor to let me quench your jonesin desires. Read more

I knew a Buckner reference would surface. I tried to avoid in the article. I will forever feel sorrow for the man and I am very indifferent about the Red Sox. Doesn't matter if you K less than 5% of the time, fans will ultimately judge for a single play. Which may lead some people to reason David Tyree was more… Read more

Triples are an interesting category in their own right. I might do a later post on them at some point. Read more

Did not know of the book. Sounds interesting. Thanks for heads up. If I pick it up, I will be disappointed if John Stamos doesn't pop in at some point though. Read more

Data came from here http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/ba… Your guess is as good as mine. Read more

Good. While not directly that, I am working on something I think you'll enjoy then. Keep eye out later this week. Read more