Comments on: Moneyball: Con http://www.nerdsonsports.com/2007/09/10/business-day-one-moneyball-con/ Where nerds are talking about sports! Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:29:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: angryed http://www.nerdsonsports.com/2007/09/10/business-day-one-moneyball-con/#comment-484 angryed Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:51:29 +0000 http://www.NerdsOnSports.com/2007/09/10/business-day-one-moneyball-con/#comment-484 I do applaud the human factor in teh argument- the name recogntion issue, sir. Are you using raw numbers for your attendance ranking? Or, are you using percent seats unsold? The former would seem to be heavily biased against teams in smaller cities and with smaller stadiums (does anyone use the word 'stadia'?) and the latter seems more appropriate to me. RJ's proposed correlation of change in attendance is a nice idea to determine trends (but I am not sure what sort of standard ratio between the two would be normal- that would require way too much math) By the way, speaking of correlations, has anyone ever added up the total number of wins per year by all teams and relate that to annual payroll? The expected result of that (some correlation minus some 'luck' factor). I am not interested in one year- short term stats, as those can be more heavily affected by GM choice, luck, valuation errors, etc... p.s. Am I a Nerd yet? I do applaud the human factor in teh argument- the name recogntion issue, sir.

Are you using raw numbers for your attendance ranking? Or, are you using percent seats unsold? The former would seem to be heavily biased against teams in smaller cities and with smaller stadiums (does anyone use the word ’stadia’?) and the latter seems more appropriate to me. RJ’s proposed correlation of change in attendance is a nice idea to determine trends (but I am not sure what sort of standard ratio between the two would be normal- that would require way too much math)

By the way, speaking of correlations, has anyone ever added up the total number of wins per year by all teams and relate that to annual payroll? The expected result of that (some correlation minus some ‘luck’ factor). I am not interested in one year- short term stats, as those can be more heavily affected by GM choice, luck, valuation errors, etc…

p.s. Am I a Nerd yet?

]]> By: Perich http://www.nerdsonsports.com/2007/09/10/business-day-one-moneyball-con/#comment-483 Perich Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:40:22 +0000 http://www.NerdsOnSports.com/2007/09/10/business-day-one-moneyball-con/#comment-483 RJ - funny you should ask! RJ - funny you should ask!

]]> By: RJ http://www.nerdsonsports.com/2007/09/10/business-day-one-moneyball-con/#comment-472 RJ Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:41:59 +0000 http://www.NerdsOnSports.com/2007/09/10/business-day-one-moneyball-con/#comment-472 I'm curious as to a) how the A's ranked in terms of attendance pre-2004, and b) to what degree attendance rank correlates to team budget. I’m curious as to a) how the A’s ranked in terms of attendance pre-2004, and b) to what degree attendance rank correlates to team budget.

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