My article “The Hidden Value of the NBA Steal” sparked a lot of debate. I’m responding to several comments and questions in four parts. We posted Part 1 on Monday; here is Part 2: My initial article explored how and why steals are underrated as a box score stat. Despite the constant focus on points […]
My article “The Hidden Value of the NBA Steal” sparked a lot of debate. I’m responding to several comments and questions in four parts. We posted Part 1 on Monday; here is Part 2: My initial article explored how and why steals are underrated as a box score stat. Despite the constant focus on points […]
Facebook maps of sports fandom, such as the one Facebook just published about Major League Baseball, are one of my favorite things: But as Will Oremus of Slate notes, this approach conceals important information. Facebook’s map, which identifies the team with the most “likes” in each U.S. county, might give you the idea that the […]
Facebook maps of sports fandom, such as the one Facebook just published about Major League Baseball, are one of my favorite things: But as Will Oremus of Slate notes, this approach conceals important information. Facebook’s map, which identifies the team with the most “likes” in each U.S. county, might give you the idea that the […]
The ESPN Forecast panel released its first-ever set of Major League Baseball predictions last week, and the editors were kind enough to provide us with the raw voting data. FiveThirtyEight had just published an article about preseason predictions, so we were eager to dig into the panel’s results. With the raw votes from the panel’s […]
