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March 2019

• STEROIDS COME TO COMPETITIVE BRIDGE. 2019-03-02 · 1 comment

February 2019

• LIGHTSABER DUELING IS NOW AN OFFICIAL SPORT IN FRANCE. 2019-02-21

January 2019

• BOCCE AND BASEBALL—FATHER AND SONS. 2019-01-24
• THE SPORT OF TEJO, WHERE SCORING IS DONE WITH GUNPOWDER. 2019-01-22 · 1 comment
• AN ACTUAL EXPERIENCE WITH A FIVE MAN INFIELD. 2019-01-10
• ONE OF BILLY MARTIN’S RULES FOR MANAGING. 2019-01-09
• “FEEL” FOR THE UNWRITTEN RULES (COMMENT). 2019-01-08
• EVERYBODY IN THE INFIELD (REVISITED). 2019-01-07
• THE FIVE MAN INFIELD. 2019-01-06
• RANDOMIZING PITCH SEQUENCES. 2019-01-05
• THE ONLY RULE IS IT HAS TO WORK. 2019-01-04

December 2018

• WAITING FOR THE RAPID CHESS ROUNDS (COMMENT). 2018-12-03
• AVOIDING ARMAGEDDON CHESS—CARLSEN VERSUS CARUANO. 2018-12-02

October 2018

• TINKERING WITH SCRABBLE RULES AND SCRABBLE DICTIONARIES. 2018-10-08
• A CLAIM THAT “SCRABBLE IS A LOUSY GAME”. 2018-10-07

September 2018

• SHAWN BRADLEY AS A BLACK SWAN. 2018-09-30
• SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS. 2018-09-29
• WHAT MADE SHAWN BRADLEY SEVEN SIX INCHES TALL? 2018-09-28
• INCREASED DEFENSIVE SHIFTING IS CHANGING BASEBALL FOR THE BETTER. 2018-09-03
• INCREASED DEFENSIVE SHIFTING IS CHANGING BASEBALL. 2018-09-02

August 2018

• A PLAYER CALLS FOR ROBOT UMPIRES TO CALL BALLS AND STRIKES. 2018-08-17
• VERY LARGE PITCHERS. 2018-08-12 · 1 comment
• A DISCUSSION WITH ANNALISA ABOUT BASEBALL. 2018-08-11 · 1 comment
• JUSTIFICATIONS FOR THE BIZARRE EXTRA INNING RULE. 2018-08-10
• WINNING A BASEBALL GAME WITHOUT GETTING A HIT OR A BASE ON BALLS. 2018-08-07

July 2018

• BASEBALL DREAMS—FRANK THOMAS. 2018-07-29
• BASEBALL DREAMS—REGGIE JACKSON. 2018-07-28
• CHEATING AT CANDY LAND REVISITED. 2018-07-27
• BASEBALL AND COMPROMISE. 2018-07-18
• BASEBALL IS NOT THE BEAUTIFUL GAME. 2018-07-17
• FRANCE’S COACH DEFENDS THEIR WORLD CUP VICTORY. 2018-07-16
• OFFENSE IN SOCCER IS BEAUTIFUL; DEFENSE IS NOT. 2018-07-15
• WINNING WITH STYLE IN THE BEAUTIFUL GAME. 2018-07-14
• A SUGGESTION FOR SOCCER TIE BREAKS. 2018-07-12

March 2018

• “DUCK, DUCK, GRAY GOOSE” AND THE PERSISTENCE OF FOLKWAYS. 2018-03-12
• “DUCK, DUCK, GRAY GOOSE.” 2018-03-09
• THE FIRST TIME I USED COLORED TENNIS BALLS. 2018-03-06 · 1 comment
• TENNIS BALLS—THE RETURN OF THE BLUE DRESS. 2018-03-05
• TENNIS BALLS AND LANGUAGE. 2018-03-04
• WHAT COLOR IS A TENNIS BALL? 2018-03-03
• REPLICATION FAIL FOR A STUDY USING BASEBALL CARDS. 2018-03-02

February 2018

• A BUNT DERBY FOR ALL-STAR FESTIVITIES. 2018-02-26
• PITCH TUNNELING. 2018-02-25
• JAMES JOYCE COMES TO MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL. 2018-02-16
• MONEYBALL AND BASEBALL PROSPECTUS. 2018-02-15 · 1 comment

January 2018

• “FLU” AND “FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS”. 2018-01-28

December 2017

• BASEBALL AND GENDER POWER IN PALAU. 2017-12-23
• SOME WAYS THAT BASEBALL IN PALAU IS DIFFERENT. 2017-12-22
• PALAU—A NATION GOVERNED BY BASEBALL PLAYERS. 2017-12-21
• SOME OF THE RANKINGS BY WINS ABOVE REPLACEMENT FOR GENERALS. 2017-12-09
• MONEYBALL COMES TO RANKING GENERALS. 2017-12-08
• WHAT WOULD ROBOT UMPIRES SOUND LIKE? 2017-12-07
• HOW DO FANS FEEL ABOUT ROBOT UMPIRES CALLING BALLS AND STRIKES? 2017-12-06 · 1 comment

April 2017

• COMPETING AT BAKING. 2017-04-28 · 2 comments
• OGDEN NASH AND BASEBALL HISTORY. 2017-04-27
• PLAYING BASEBALL USING 19TH CENTURY RULES. 2017-04-26
• THE OLDEST FANTASY BASEBALL LEAGUE BEGINS ITS NEW SEASON. 2017-04-25 · 1 comment
• A BASEBALL POEM BY OGDEN NASH. 2017-04-24
• THE DANNY MURTAUGH STORY. 2017-04-17
• HOW A COMPUTER CHOOSES ITS NEXT CHESS MOVE. 2017-04-15
• BEER MADE WITH BASEBALL BAT SHAVINGS. 2017-04-12

March 2017

• A BIZARRE BASEBALL RULE CHANGE IS IMPLEMENTED (COMMENT). 2017-03-22 · 1 comment
• WORKPLACE HUMOR—JOGGING AROUND WASHINGTON SQUARE. 2017-03-11

February 2017

• ARMAGEDDON FOOTBALL—-AN AUCTION TO SEE WHO GETS THE BALL FIRST IN OVERTIME IN THE SUPERBOWL? 2017-02-16
• WAS WINNING THE COIN FLIP THE MOST IMPORTANT PLAY IN THE 2017 SUPERBOWL? 2017-02-15
• ARMAGEDDON CHESS AND “ARMAGEDDON BASEBALL”. 2017-02-11 · 1 comment
• A BIZARRE PROPOSED BASEBALL RULE CHANGE. 2017-02-10 · 1 comment
• THE THREE LITTLE POLGAR GIRLS. 2017-02-09
• A RANDOM EVENT? 2017-02-08
• A CHESS SCANDAL—OR A RANDOM EVENT? 2017-02-07
• A CHESS SCANDAL? 2017-02-06

January 2017

• THE CANADIAN SPORT OF AXE THROWING. 2017-01-28
• HOW JET LAG AFFECTS BASEBALL GAMES. 2017-01-25 · 1 comment
• ECONOMIC ANALYSES OF WORKING THE REFEREES. 2017-01-24
• EVIDENCE THAT YELLING AT REFEREES WORKS. 2017-01-23
• WHY CARLSEN’S FINAL MOVE WAS BRILLIANT. 2017-01-06
• QH6CH!! 2017-01-05
• YOU TOO CAN WORK OUT CARLSEN’S BRILLIANT FINAL MOVE. 2017-01-04

December 2016

• A FORCED MATE OF 51 MOVES. 2016-12-14
• IS ARMAGEDDON CHESS FAIR? 2016-12-13
• ARMAGEDDON CHESS. 2016-12-12
• MAGNUS CARLSEN DEFEATS SERGEY KARJAKIN. 2016-12-11
• THE CULTURAL DIVIDE ON PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING. 2016-12-07
• HOW TRUMP PLAYED “THE HEEL”. 2016-12-06
• HOW THE MEDIA PLAYED THE FOIL TO TRUMP’S “HEEL” CHARACTER. 2016-12-05

November 2016

• WHY CALLING IT TARGETING IS A MISTAKE. 2016-11-27

October 2016

• “UNTIL YOU JUST POUND THEM INTO THE TURF….UNTIL THEIR HEAD HURTS”. 2016-10-29
• WHEN I PLAYED CHESS AGAINST A GRANDMASTER. 2016-10-28 · 3 comments
• CATCHING A GRAPE IN YOUR MOUTH DROPPED FROM 101 FEET HIGH. 2016-10-27
• TW0 WASHINGTON SQUARE HUSTLERS PLAY THE BEST CHESS PLAYER IN THE WORLD. 2016-10-20
• BIG DATA AND ROTATOR CUFF INJURIES. 2016-10-03

September 2016

• DICTEE COMPETITIONS. 2016-09-10
• DANIEL MURPHY’S GREAT HITTING CONTINUES. 2016-09-05 · 3 comments

August 2016

• CHEATING AT THE ORIGINAL OLYMPICS. 2016-08-03

July 2016

• IS UNANIMITY AN INDICATION THAT SOMETHING HAS GONE WRONG? 2016-07-27
• COFFEE IN SPORTS—WHAT CAN’T IT DO? 2016-07-27
• SKI JUMPING FOR FUN. 2016-07-20
• SKI JUMPING AND SOCIAL CLASS. 2016-07-19
• WHATEVER HAPPENED TO EDDIE THE EAGLE? 2016-07-18
• HOW GLADIATORS FOUGHT. 2016-07-12

June 2016

• GOLF—“IT SEEMS LIKE IT INVOLVES A LOT OF LUCK.” 2016-06-20
• FITBIT CONTESTS. 2016-06-12
• WHY NOT PUT BASEBALL’S “UNWRITTEN RULES” INTO WRITING? 2016-06-11
• MUHAMMAD ALI—MASTER OF LANGUAGE. 2016-06-05
• “FEELING LONESOME DOWN THERE?” 2016-06-02

May 2016

• BASEBALL DEFENSES—POINTS ON A GRID. 2016-05-29
• OFFENSIVE SCRABBLE. 2016-05-25
• THE TACTICAL VALUE OF AN “E” TILE. 2016-05-24
• “RACK MANAGEMENT”. 2016-05-23
• MONEYBALL COMES TO SCRABBLE. 2016-05-22
• ANOTHER EXPLANATION FOR DANIEL MURPHY’S STREAK. 2016-05-21
• IS THERE AN EXPLANATION FOR WHY DANIEL MURPHY’S HOT STREAK HAS CONTINUED? 2016-05-16

April 2016

• SOME EVIDENCE THAT DEFENDING AGAINST A HOT HAND CAN BE WORTHWHILE. 2016-04-28
• DEFENDING AGAINST A HOT HAND. 2016-04-27
• PREDICTING DANIEL MURPHY’S BATTING STATISTICS FOR 2016. 2016-04-26
• DANIEL MURPHY—NO HOT HAND IN THE WORLD SERIES.. 2016-04-25
• MAYBE THE PLAYERS SHOULD WEAR DRESSES. 2016-04-19
• SAFETY AT SECOND BASE. 2016-04-18
• THE OLDEST ROTISSERIE LEAGUE HOLDS ITS 35TH DRAFT TODAY. 2016-04-10
• A WHORFIAN COMES TO BASEBALL. 2016-04-03
• THE NEED FOR STATISTICS WHICH DEAL WITH PITCH SEQUENCES. 2016-04-02
• THE IMPORTANCE OF PITCH SEQUENCES. 2016-04-01

March 2016

• SIGNALING IN BASEBALL IS MORE SOPHISTICATED THAN ILLEGAL SIGNALING IN BRIDGE. 2016-03-31
• CHEATING IN CHAMPIONSHIP BRIDGE. 2016-03-30 · 1 comment
• WHAT SABERMETRICS CAN DO IN 2016. 2016-03-26
• WATCHING ALI SPAR. 2016-03-10
• “THE BAYONNE BLEEDER”. 2016-03-01

February 2016

• HENRY VIII AND FOOTBALL HEAD INJURIES. 2016-02-04

January 2016

• RABBIT SHOWJUMPING. 2016-01-18
• REDUCING CONCUSSIONS BY TACKLING THE WAY RUGBY PLAYERS DO. 2016-01-16
• THE SPIKE AND FOOTBALL CONCUSSIONS. 2016-01-15
• NOT TAKING CONCUSSIONS SERIOUSLY. 2016-01-14 · 1 comment

December 2015

• WHY GOLIATH WAS AN UNDERDOG. 2015-12-31
• “WEIRD BRITISH SPORTS”. 2015-12-17
• SNOOKER AND WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL DARTS. 2015-12-16

October 2015

• APPLYING THE PRINCIPLES OF FORECASTING TO DANIEL MURPHY. 2015-10-28
• AND A PREDICTION FOR THE WORLD SERIES. 2015-10-27
• THE 2015 WORLD SERIES— DANIEL MURPHY’S EXPERIMENT IN RANDOMNESS. 2015-10-27
• 29 WAYS OF DESIGNING AN EXPERIMENT. 2015-10-21
• THE EXCITING GAME WITHOUT ANY RULES—FOR COLLISIONS NEAR SECOND BASE. 2015-10-14
• THE TROUBLE I PREDICTED HAS TURNED OUT WORSE THAN I HAD THOUGHT. 2015-10-13
• THE RULE PROBLEM AT SECOND BASE. 2015-10-12

September 2015

• WHY DO UMPIRES LET CATCHERS FRAME PITCHES SO OFTEN? 2015-09-09
• RECOGNIZING THAT THE STRIKE ZONE HAS THREE DIMENSIONS. 2015-09-08
• MORE SUPPORT FOR HAVING COMPUTERS CALL BALLS AND STRIKES. 2015-09-07

August 2015

• FAT PITCHERS (COMMENT). 2015-08-14
• IS THE COMPUTER BETTER THAN THE UMPIRES? 2015-08-01

July 2015

• HAVING A COMPUTER CALL BALLS AND STRIKES. 2015-07-31
• TERRY FORSTER—THE BEST HITTER OF THE LAST 75 YEARS? 2015-07-18 · 1 comment
• THE PESAPALLO SCANDAL. 2015-07-11
• PESAPALLO—THE FINNISH VERSION OF BASEBALL. 2015-07-10

June 2015

• FORMULA 1 AND TREATING HEART ATTACKS. 2015-06-26 · 3 comments
• A KNIGHT TAKING OFF HIS HELMET. 2015-06-23
• THE TOURNAMENT EXPLOITS OF WILLIAM MARSHAL. 2015-06-22
• JOUSTS WERE DIFFERENT FROM TOURNAMENTS. 2015-06-21
• WILLIAM MARSHAL—THE GREATEST KNIGHT. 2015-06-20
• “AMPHIBIOUS PITCHER MAKES DEBUT”. 2015-06-10
• A SINGLETON BEING MISTAKEN FOR TWINS. 2015-06-07
• AN AMBIDEXTROUS PITCHER SUCCEEDS IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL. 2015-06-06
• JOEY VOTTO TAKES A THREE BALL WALK! 2015-06-02

May 2015

• CHILDREN SHOULD PLAY MORE PICK UP BALL GAMES. 2015-05-22
• “EXPLAINING WHY CHILDREN ARE ABANDONING BASEBALL”. 2015-05-21

April 2015

• TAKING A PHILOSOPHICAL VIEW OF CRICKET. 2015-04-30
• BASEBALL GETS MORE DATA. 2015-04-29
• A WAY TO MAKE BASEBALL HIGH SCORING LIKE FOOTBALL. 2015-04-13
• THE KENDRICK PERKINS NINE STEP TRAVEL. 2015-04-12
• THE RED DOT. 2015-04-04
• HOW FANTASY BASEBALL HAS GOTTEN BETTER OVER TIME. 2015-04-03 · 1 comment

March 2015

• ROTISSERIE BASEBALL AND USA TODAY. 2015-03-24
• ANOTHER ROTISSERIE LEAGUE THAT IS AS OLD AS OURS. 2015-03-23
• THE OLDEST ROTISSERIE LEAGUE? (COMMENT). 2015-03-22
• THE TEXAS RANGERS WILL HAVE A FRIED FOOD STAND. 2015-03-20 · 2 comments
• FERRET RACING. 2015-03-19
• EXPLAINING REFEREEING DECISIONS. 2015-03-18
• CHECKING A SAMPLE OF THE NBA’S REPORTS ON REFEREEING. 2015-03-17
• HOW HOCKEY HAS REDUCED VIOLENCE. 2015-03-13
• HERE IS WHAT A REVIEW OF REFEREEING LOOKS LIKE. 2015-03-09 · 1 comment
• IT HAPPENED! THE NBA ADMITS ERROR. 2015-03-06
• THE NBA WILL MAKE PUBLIC ITS REVIEWS OF CALLS IN THE LAST TWO MINUTES OF CLOSE GAMES. 2015-03-02

February 2015

• ATHLETES LEARNING FROM HOW OTHER ANIMALS DO IT. 2015-02-20
• OLOJUWON AND STEVE NASH PLAYING OTHER SPORTS. 2015-02-19
• YOUNG ATHLETES PLAYING SEVERAL SPORTS. 2015-02-18
• USING THEATER TO DISTRACT FREE THROW SHOOTERS. 2015-02-15
• PATTERNS IN ROCK PAPER SCISSORS AND IN FOOTBALL. 2015-02-06
• SECOND GUESSING ROCK PAPER SCISSORS. 2015-02-05

January 2015

• THE COMMISSIONER PROPOSES TO RESTRICT SHIFTING IN BASEBALL—A TERRIBLE IDEA. 2015-01-25
• VINCE LOMBARDI, THE TEACHER. 2015-01-11
• LETTING FOOTBALL FANS KNOW ABOUT MISTAKES REFEREES MAKE. 2015-01-10
• THE ICE BOWL AND POKER. 2015-01-09
• ANOTHER ICE BOWL? 2015-01-08
• NOT EXPLAINING WHAT WAS NOT EXPLAINED DURING THE GAME. 2015-01-07
• FOOTBALL OFFICIALS REVERSING THEMSELVES. 2015-01-06
• WOULD ROCK PAPER SCISSORS BE MORE RANDOM IF “ROCK” WERE CALLED “A”, AND PAPER AND SCISSORS WERE CALLED “B” AND “C”? 2015-01-01
• SOME PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS FOR PLAYING ROCK PAPER SCISSORS. 2015-01-01

December 2014

• A HIGH STAKES GAME OF ROCK PAPER SCISSORS. 2014-12-31
• HOCKEY TAKES ACTION AGAINST FLOPPING. 2014-12-23
• “THE LOMBARDI OF TEEN RUNNING”. 2014-12-19
• A HIGH SCHOOL TEAM WITH OVER 200 MEMBERS. 2014-12-19
• INTEGRATING BASEBALL TEAMS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS.. 2014-12-14
• MINOSO, SLAUGHTER, AND INTEGRATING BASEBALL. 2014-12-13
• BILL JAMES ON SLAUGHTER AND MINOSO. 2014-12-12
• MINNIE MINOSO IS NOT IN THE HALL OF FAME; ENOS SLAUGHTER IS. 2014-12-11
• WHAT DIFFERENCE DO STEROIDS MAKE IN ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE? 2014-12-05

November 2014

• NATE SILVER: POLITICAL POLLS THAT ARE NOT RANDOM. 2014-11-26
• BASEBALL STATISTICS “SHOULD COME WITH A MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSION OF THEIR PRECISION….” 2014-11-25
• THE FOLLOWERS OF BILL JAMES. 2014-11-21
• HEARING THE BOOS. 2014-11-19 · 1 comment
• THE FIRST TIME I SAW TELEVISION. 2014-11-16 · 2 comments
• NORTHWESTERN VERSUS NOTRE DAME. 2014-11-16

October 2014

• USING BASEBALL ANALOGIES TO PROVIDE A YARDSTICK FOR COMPARING PROBABLITIES. 2014-10-26
• IMAGINING AN AT BAT AS A COIN FLIP. 2014-10-22
• THE PLAYOFFS AS AN EXAMPLE OF SMALL SAMPLES. 2014-10-21
• MISSING A PITCH CALL BY A FOOT. 2014-10-18
• THE STRIKE ZONE 60 YEARS AGO. 2014-10-12
• TED WILLIAMS ON HOW LOW PITCHES ARE HARDER TO HIT. 2014-10-11
• CAMERAS LOWERED THE STRIKE ZONE. 2014-10-10
• HAS MAKING THE STRIKE ZONE MORE CONSISTENT RUINED BASEBALL? 2014-10-09

September 2014

• RECORDS AND RULES FOR WOBBLES. 2014-09-23
• WHEN WALKING WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT SPECTATOR SPORT. 2014-09-22
• BILL JAMES: “THE FRANK ROBINSON SOLUTION”. 2014-09-14
• REVISITING BILL JAMES’S HISTORY OF THE BEANBALL. 2014-09-13
• THE PROFESSIONAL KABADDI LEAGUE—A “CRAZE”. 2014-09-11

August 2014

• BEANBALLS AND REVENGE CODES (COMMENT). 2014-08-23
• TELEVISING CHILDREN’S GAMES. 2014-08-16
• CHILDREN’S GAMES AS SPORTS—DODGEBALL. 2014-08-15
• BEANBALL WARS AND ACCIDENTS. 2014-08-07

July 2014

• NEWS FOR YOUR NEXT WATER BALLOON FIGHT. 2014-07-29 · 1 comment
• WHATEVER HAPPENED TO PLAYING A BASEBALL GAME UNDER PROTEST? 2014-07-20 · 1 comment
• TATTOO NIGHT—A “BRYCE HARPER BOBBLEHEADESQUE” SUCCESS. 2014-07-19 · 1 comment

June 2014

• TERMS OF ENDEARMENT IN YORKSHIRE. 2014-06-12
• FATHERS AND CHILDREN TALKING BASEBALL. 2014-06-08
• THE ORIGIN OF “THE CATBIRD SEAT” (COMMENT). 2014-06-07
• MONEYBALL COMES TO THE WORLD CUP. 2014-06-06
• TECHNOLOGY COMES TO GRASS TENNIS COURTS. 2014-06-05
• THE PLATE UMPIRE SHOULD NEVER MAKE A CALL ON CHECKED SWINGS. 2014-06-04
• MIKE SCHMIDT—UMPIRES SHOULD NOT CALL BALLS AND STRIKES. 2014-06-03
• SUGGESTIONS FOR BASEBALL BROADCASTS. 2014-06-02
• WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG FOR BASEBALL TO START USING ALL THOSE SHIFTS? 2014-06-01

May 2014

• A SMALL VICTORY FOR WHITE SOX FANS. 2014-05-21
• CHEAP HORSES AND EXPENSIVE HORSES. 2014-05-16
• SAGGY AND JOPPY. 2014-05-15
• THE CATBIRD SEAT—THE BLOG. 2014-05-11 · 1 comment
• THE “INTERESTING ACTION” BETWEEN PITCHER AND BATTER”. 2014-05-10
• ARE THERE TOO MANY STRIKE OUTS IN BASEBALL? 2014-05-09 · 1 comment
• IMPROVED STRATEGIES FOR ROCK PAPER SCISSORS. 2014-05-03

April 2014

• REPLAY CAN’T COUNT BALLS AND STRIKES CORRECTLY. 2014-04-23
• PITCH FRAMING—WHAT ABOUT THE POOR BATTER? 2014-04-19
• HOW IMPORTANT ARE UMPIRE ERRORS ON BALLS AND STRIKES? 2014-04-19
• THE IMPORTANCE OF PITCH FRAMING. 2014-04-18
• HOW CATCHERS FRAME PITCHES. 2014-04-17
• MOST PITCHES IN AN AT BAT—LUKE APPLING. 2014-04-16
• WHAT FRAMING A PITCH DOES. 2014-04-15
• FAN BOBBLEHEAD NIGHT. 2014-04-08
• A BASEBALL GAME WITHOUT UMPIRES. 2014-04-07
• TATTOO NIGHT AT THE BALLPARK. 2014-04-06
• WHY DON’T MORE BATTERS HIT THE BALL AWAY FROM THE SHIFT? 2014-04-01

March 2014

• OPENING DAY. 2014-03-31
• BASEBALL’S NEW COMPLEX DEFENSES. 2014-03-30
• THE SCIENCE OF THE WIFFLE BALL. 2014-03-26
• THE NBA SAYS IT WILL BE MORE OPEN ABOUT REFEREEING. 2014-03-19
• HOW GOOD A JOB DO UMPIRES DO IN CALLING BALLS AND STRIKES? 2014-03-18
• PAUL BLAIR’S JUMPS. 2014-03-16
• MEASURING JASON HEYWARD’S JUMP ON A BALL. 2014-03-15
• BIG DATA COMES TO MONEYBALL. 2014-03-14
• GEORGE CARLIN ON GOING HOME. 2014-03-04
• THE SYMBOLISM OF HOME PLATE. 2014-03-03
• BASEBALL DECIDES NOT TO OUTLAW HOME PLATE COLLISIONS. 2014-03-02

February 2014

• MUHAMMAD ALI, THE POET. 2014-02-27
• WHAT HAPPENED AT THE FIGHT. 2014-02-26
• MUHAMMAD ALI VERSUS SONNY LISTON—-50TH ANNIVERSARY. 2014-02-25

January 2014

• THE SUPER BOWL HAS TO KEEP THE REGULAR SEASON RULES. 2014-01-31
• “LE BRONING”—THE FAD OF FLOPPING. 2014-01-20
• CHANGING THE RULES MIDSEASON. 2014-01-14
• NBA ACKNOWLEDGES ANOTHER END OF GAME MISTAKE—A CHANGE IN RULES? (COMMENT). 2014-01-13
• FOOTBALL PLAYOFF GAME TODAY: WILL THE REFEREES PERMIT PASS INTERFERENCE FOULS ON ALMOST EVERY PLAY? 2014-01-11 · 1 comment
• SHOULD ONLY STARS GET CALLS AT THE END OF A GAME? 2014-01-05 · 1 comment
• THE NBA ACKNOWLEDGES THAT A CALL AT THE END OF A GAME WAS WRONG. 2014-01-04 · 2 comments
• REFORM—REDUCING COLLISIONS AT HOME PLATE. 2014-01-02

December 2013

• MVP—AN AWARD TREASURED BECAUSE NOBODY KNOWS WHAT IT MEANS (COMMENT). 2013-12-19
• MY FAVORITE MVP INJUSTICE. 2013-12-19
• COMPETITIVE HUMAN TOWERS. 2013-12-14
• WHAT KIND OF BASKETBALL REFEREEING WOULD I WANT?—MOVING SCREENS (COMMENT). 2013-12-10
• WHAT KIND OF BASKETBALL REFEREEING WOULD I WANT?—TAKING THE BALL OUT OF THE BASKET. (COMMENT). 2013-12-09

November 2013

• CALLING MORE FOULS IN PRO BASKETBALL. 2013-11-09
• CALLING MORE FOULS IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL. 2013-11-08
• COMPETITIVE KNITTING. 2013-11-07

October 2013

• NONFICTION VERSUS FICTION—42. 2013-10-28
• BILL DEWITT AND BASEBALL HISTORY. 2013-10-27
• NICHOLS AND MAY AND THE RHODE ISLAND ACCENT. 2013-10-26
• ADOPTING COLLEGE RULES ON BASEBALL COLLISIONS. 2013-10-20
• INSTANT REPLAY AND PHANTOM DOUBLE PLAYS. 2013-10-19
• NEW SUCCESS FOR MONEYBALL. 2013-10-02

September 2013

• HOW IMPORTANT IS STRENGTHENING A WEAKNESS? 2013-09-12
• IS THERE MORE LUCK IN SOCCER THAN IN OTHER SPORTS? 2013-09-11
• THE PHYSICS OF COW TIPPING. 2013-09-06

August 2013

• A PREDICTION ON HOW INSTANT REPLAY WILL CHANGE BASEBALL. 2013-08-28
• A SUGGESTION FOR SABERMATRICIANS—STANDARDIZING WAR. 2013-08-22
• TROUT VERSUS CABRERA—2013 (COMMENT). 2013-08-21 · 1 comment
• HOW JOHN UPDIKE WATCHED BASEBALL. 2013-08-19
• THE PACE OF BASEBALL IS JUST FINE. 2013-08-19
• GOOD NEWS—MORE INSTANT REPLAY FOR BASEBALL. 2013-08-18 · 1 comment

July 2013

• WHY NOT PLAY THE GAME UNDER PROTEST? 2013-07-26
• CATCHING A BASEBALL DROPPED FROM A HELICOPTER. 2013-07-16
• CATCHING A GRAPEFRUIT DROPPED FROM A GREAT HEIGHT. 2013-07-16
• SOME HISTORY OF NOODLING. 2013-07-04
• WOMAN SETS NOODLING RECORD. 2013-07-04

June 2013

• AN ANCIENT SPORT—IRISH ROAD BOWLING. 2013-06-22
• YU DARVISH’S DECEPTIVE MOTION. 2013-06-06
• MIGUEL CABRERA’S PLATE COVERAGE. 2013-06-06

May 2013

• HOW THE WHITE SOX-CUB RIVALRY CHANGED NELSON ALGREN’S LIFE. 2013-05-30
• OF COURSE, THERE’S A WHITE SOX—CUBS RIVALRY. 2013-05-28
• A LEBRON FLOP—AND A WINK. 2013-05-25
• FLOPPING IS NOW BEING PENALIZED. 2013-05-25
• DANGEROUS PLAYS IN BASKETBALL. 2013-05-23
• BOG SNORKELLING. 2013-05-22
• COMPETITIONS AMONG WINE TEAMS. 2013-05-12
• WHAT HOCKEY GETS RIGHT ABOUT DANGEROUS PLAYS. 2013-05-08
• GATSBY GOES TO A BASEBALL GAME. 2013-05-02

April 2013

• NONUNIFORM BASEBALLS (COMMENT). 2013-04-24
• BASEBALL’S SECRET RUBBING MUD. 2013-04-21
• HOW BASEBALLS ARE MADE. 2013-04-20 · 1 comment
• SPALDEENS. 2013-04-07

March 2013

• HOW TO WIN AT ROCK PAPER SCISSORS. 2013-03-13
• HOW DID THE ORIOLES DO IT LAST YEAR? 2013-03-07 · 1 comment
• SHORTENING A BASEBALL GAME TO SIX INNINGS. 2013-03-06
• EARL WEAVER AND GENE MAUCH AND SABERMETRICS. 2013-03-05

February 2013

• NEW SUPPORT FOR REDUCING BASEBALL COLLISIONS 2013-02-28
• HOW I READ THE NEWS. 2013-02-27
• COMPETITVE SNOW CARVING TECHNIQUES. 2013-02-22

January 2013

• SABERMETRICS AND SCRABBLE—VALUE OVER REPLACEMENT TILE. 2013-01-28
• SHOULD THE VALUES OF SCRABBLE LETTERS BE CHANGED? 2013-01-27
• SUNK COSTS—CHASE HEADLEY AND MARK SANCHEZ. 2013-01-24
• SUNK COSTS—THE CASE OF MARK SANCHEZ. 2013-01-23
• THE HALL OF FAME VOTING. 2013-01-11
• BRANCH RICKEY, PIONEERING SABERMETRICIAN. 2013-01-09
• SABERMETRICS 50 YEARS AGO. 2013-01-08

December 2012

• HOW TO RIG STATISTICAL EXPERIMENTS. 2012-12-28
• SHOWING A KNUCKLEBALL KNUCKLING. 2012-12-26
• BRONKO NAGURSKI REVISITED. 2012-12-09
• PRECISE DATA FOR A SINGLE PITCH. 2012-12-08
• RARE EVENTS—HITTING A BASEBALL THREE TIMES WITH ONE SWING. 2012-12-07

November 2012

• ANOTHER LANDMARK EVENT. 2012-11-20
• WHAT MAKES FOR AN MVP? 2012-11-17 · 1 comment
• TRADITION OVER SABERMETRICS—CABRERA WINS MVP. 2012-11-16 · 3 comments

October 2012

• WHAT DIFFERENCE DO REFEREES MAKE? 2012-10-30
• MY IDEAL DEBATE—TALKING HEADS. 2012-10-22
• MARCO SCUTARO THE HITTER. 2012-10-17 · 1 comment
• INJURIES AT SECOND BASE. 2012-10-17
• WHY DON’T INFIELDERS DROP LINE DRIVES IN DOUBLE PLAY SITUATIONS? 2012-10-14
• A PROPOSED CHANGE IN THE INSIDE FLY RULE (COMMENT). 2012-10-13
• MONEYBALL AND THE MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD. 2012-10-05
• CABRERA OR TROUT?—IT’S STILL BASEBALL SEASON (COMMENT). 2012-10-04 · 12 comments
• PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES AS SPORTING EVENTS. 2012-10-03
• ARE THE REGULAR REFEREES AS BAD AS THE REPLACEMENT REFEREES? 2012-10-02 · 1 comment

September 2012

• SPAGHETTI WESTERN BASEBALL BROADCASTS. 2012-09-24
• PIANO PRODIGIES AND ATHLETIC ABILITY. 2012-09-16 · 1 comment
• THE LIVES OF THE SAINTS—BASEBALL. 2012-09-06
• BASEBALL HISTORY AS AN INTERNET GAME. 2012-09-05 · 1 comment

August 2012

• LEARNING TO SWORD FIGHT FROM MEDIEVAL INSTRUCTION BOOKS. 2012-08-26
• SWORDS AND ARMOR. 2012-08-25
• MEDIEVAL SPORT—TOURNAMENTS. 2012-08-24
• JEAN SHEPHERD’S LOU GEHRIG STORY. 2012-08-22
• MOE BERG IN JAPAN. 2012-08-21
• THE AIRPLANE STORY. 2012-08-19
• LEFTY. 2012-08-17
• KERRI STRUG. 2012-08-12
• RUNNING WITH A BROKEN LEG—MANTEO MITCHELL. 2012-08-11

July 2012

• HONEY AND GYMNASTICS. 2012-07-26
• TEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE. 2012-07-26
• KNUCKLEBALL PITCHERS. 2012-07-15

June 2012

• THE NUN. 2012-06-20
• HENRY VIII, THE TENNIS PLAYER. 2012-06-18 · 1 comment
• REAL TENNIS. 2012-06-17
• WHERE A BALL HIT INTO THE STAIRWELL IS A GROUND RULE DOUBLE. 2012-06-16

April 2012

• MY SISTER’S FIRST HOCKEY GAME. 2012-04-30
• HOCKEY SUSPENSIONS—INTENT AND INJURY. 2012-04-29
• THE COMEBACK OF TABLE ICE HOCKEY. 2012-04-28
• THE MOST IMPORTANT EPISODE OF THE SIMPSONS ? (COMMENT). 2012-04-20 · 1 comment

February 2012

• A GREAT PHILOSOPHER ON BASEBALL AS A RELIGION. 2012-02-20
• THE OLDEST FANTASY BASEBALL LEAGUE STARTS ITS 32ND SEASON. (COMMENT). 2012-02-19 · 10 comments
• MONEYBALL AND “LINSANITY”. 2012-02-18
• ARE PEOPLE LESS VIOLENT? (COMMENT). 2012-02-04 · 2 comments

January 2012

• FOOTBALL PLAYERS DELIBERATELY CAUSING CONCUSSIONS? 2012-01-25 · 3 comments
• A KIPLING LIMERICK. 2012-01-15 · 1 comment
• WHY SUNK COSTS SHOULD BE IGNORED. 2012-01-02 · 2 comments

December 2011

• MY FAVORITE HOAX. 2011-12-20
• BASKETBALL ALL STARS—DOES DEFENSE MATTER? 2011-12-16 · 1 comment

November 2011

• TWINS COMPETING WITH EACH OTHER. 2011-11-30
• WERE LEATHER HELMETS BETTER? 2011-11-25
• WHY YOU CAN’T SEE THE WHOLE FOOTBALL GAME. 2011-11-13 · 1 comment

October 2011

• MONEYBALL AND PIG FARMING. 2011-10-30
• ALBERT PUJOLS SHOWS LEADERSHIP. 2011-10-23
• WAS THE RED SOX COLLAPSE A ONE IN 278 MILLION EVENT? 2011-10-10
• APOPHENIA AND SPORTS JOURNALISM. 2011-10-09
• APOPHENIA—THE CARTOON. 2011-10-08

September 2011

• THE STORY OF A LONG SEASON. 2011-09-27
• WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE BASEBALL MOVIE? 2011-09-27 · 3 comments
• MONEYBALL AND STORYTELLING. 2011-09-26

August 2011

• POETRY AND BASEBALL. 2011-08-14 · 2 comments
• POETRY AND BASEBALL. 2011-08-13 · 2 comments

July 2011

• DIVING IN SOCCER. 2011-07-15
• SAND-CASTLE TECHNIQUES. 2011-07-08
• PROFESSIONAL SPORTS—THE SAND-CASTLE CIRCUIT. 2011-07-07
• IS JOEY CHESTNUT AN ATHLETE? 2011-07-06

June 2011

• VEECK AS IN WRECK. 2011-06-19
• THE MIDGET WHO BATTED IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES. 2011-06-18
• JUMPING FROGS. 2011-06-07
• BUNNY STEEPLECHASES. 2011-06-07

May 2011

• WHY NOT LET FIELDERS BLOCK EVERY BASE? 2011-05-28
• REDUCING INJURIES AT HOME PLATE. 2011-05-28 · 1 comment
• NOODLING—CATCHING CATFISH WITH YOUR BARE HANDS. 2011-05-27
• HU’S ON FIRST. 2011-05-08
• MYWIFENOSEVRYTHING AND THEWIFEDOESNTKNOW. 2011-05-07 · 1 comment

April 2011

• ROOMS WITH “FLOW.” 2011-04-22
• PHONEMES AND HISTORY. 2011-04-21
• IS IT NOW ILLEGAL TO THROW AN OCTOPUS? 2011-04-19
• A PICKOFF PLAY AT THIRD BASE! 2011-04-10
• A PROPOSAL FOR A BASEBALL RULE CHANGE. 2011-04-09 · 3 comments
• THE BEST FINAL FOUR PREDICTION. 2011-04-05
• DEFENSE MAKES FOR “UGLY GAMES.” 2011-04-05

March 2011

• FINDING THE WISDOM OF CROWDS—ONE PERSON AT A TIME. 2011-03-25
• A CHESS BRILLIANCY—BOBBY FISCHER AT 13. 2011-03-24 · 1 comment
• A CHESS BRILLIANCY—MAGNUS CARLSEN AT 13. 2011-03-23
• THE PERSISTENCE OF THE HOME TEAM ADVANTAGE. 2011-03-05

February 2011

• THE SPIKE AND WOMEN’S LACROSSE. 2011-02-21
• GO PACKERS! 2011-02-06 · 2 comments
• WAGERING WITH MASTERPIECES. 2011-02-03
• CAILLEBOTTE AND RENOIR. 2011-02-03

January 2011

• REFEREE BIAS AND HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE. 2011-01-26
• WHITE SOX IN BASEBALL, PACKERS IN FOOTBALL (COMMENT). 2011-01-26
• THE PACKERS AND FAMILY HISTORY. 2011-01-21 · 3 comments
• MIDWESTERN POLITENESS BACK IN THE DAY. 2011-01-16

December 2010

• THE ICE BOWL. 2010-12-31
• THE NBA AND PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING. 2010-12-28
• RUNNING INTO A TREE. 2010-12-28
• KIDS, DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME. 2010-12-27
• UNUSUAL BALLPARKS—“THE SMEAD JOLLEY STORY.” 2010-12-15
• A LARGE TREE IN THE OUTFIELD. 2010-12-09

November 2010

• ODD PLAYING FIELDS SHAPING ATHLETES. 2010-11-28
• PLAYING AROUND OBSTACLES. 2010-11-28
• BRONKO NAGURSKI AND THE WALL. 2010-11-27
• “SUCKERS WALK.” 2010-11-26
• BEING MISTAKEN FOR LUIS TIANT. 2010-11-21
• THE SIMPSONS RECOGNIZE BILL JAMES. 2010-11-12 · 2 comments

October 2010

• CAN GRUNTING HELP YOUR TENNIS GAME? 2010-10-09

September 2010

• HOCKEY FIGHTS. 2010-09-29
• IGNORING THE RULE BOOK—UMPIRES AND MANAGERS. 2010-09-08 · 2 comments
• KABADDI AND BREATHING. 2010-09-01

August 2010

• KABADDI—THE WORLD’S OLDEST SPORT? 2010-08-31
• THE QUIRKINESS OF TARGET FIELD. 2010-08-16
• DESIGNING A QUIRKY STADIUM. 2010-08-15
• GIVING BACK THE POINT WHEN THERE’S A MISTAKE. 2010-08-03 · 1 comment

July 2010

• JOUSTS OF WAR. 2010-07-19
• JOUSTING BACK IN THE DAY—JOUSTS OF PEACE. 2010-07-19
• BREW ANOTHER CUP OF COFFEE—REVISITED. 2010-07-06
• “THIS IS THE WAY OLD ‘CASEY’ STENGEL RAN….” 2010-07-02
• HOW TO FIX SOCCER—A GUIDE FOR AMERICANS. 2010-07-01

June 2010

• THE ONLY GOOD ARGUMENT AGAINST INSTANT REPLAY IN BASEBALL. 2010-06-30
• IN DEFENSE OF SOCCER REFEREES. 2010-06-30
• “…AND THE GAME GOES ON FOREVER.” 2010-06-25
• WELL PLAYED. 2010-06-24
• 70 TO 68. 2010-06-24
• 59 TO 59 IN THE 5TH SET. 2010-06-23
• DOMED STADIUMS AND PINBALL MACHINES. 2010-06-23 · 1 comment
• LOUD STADIUMS. 2010-06-23
• IN PRAISE OF VUVUZELAS. 2010-06-22
• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE WORLD CUP. 2010-06-22
• THE AESTHETICS OF INDUSTRIALIZATION. 2010-06-18
• ARMANDO GALARRAGA—THE NEED FOR REPLAY. 2010-06-02 · 1 comment

May 2010

• ENFORCING A 55 MPH LIMIT WHEN EVERY CAR IS GOING 75. 2010-05-28 · 1 comment
• PLAYOFF HOCKEY AND PLAYOFF BASKETBALL. 2010-05-28
• NOT BENDING YOUR KNEES IN TENNIS. 2010-05-06
• DIFFERENT STRIKE ZONES FOR DIFFERENT BATTERS? 2010-05-04

April 2010

• THE BRYAN TWINS. 2010-04-29
• SELLING A CALL. 2010-04-20
• MY FAVORITE BASEBALL MOVIE. 2010-04-19 · 2 comments
• HARD TIMES FOR UMPIRES. 2010-04-18
• REVIEWING THE PERFORMANCE OF UMPIRES. 2010-04-10 · 3 comments

March 2010

• WOK RACING. 2010-03-30
• COMPENSATORY ETHICS: “IN THIS WICKED WORLD….” 2010-03-29
• MAYBE THE OLDEST CONTINUOUS ROTISSERIE LEAGUE? 2010-03-24 · 6 comments
• FANTASY BASEBALL AND THE FINANCIAL CRISIS. 2010-03-23
• ARE SOME BATTERS BETTER AT FOULING OFF PITCHES? 2010-03-22
• SABERMETRICS AND BASKETBALL. 2010-03-13
• SABERMETRICS COMES TO GOLF. 2010-03-13
• A NEW EMPHASIS ON DEFENSE? 2010-03-10
• THE SEATTLE MARINERS DEFENSE. 2010-03-03 · 1 comment
• A MONEYBALL TRADE IN RETROSPECT. 2010-03-02 · 1 comment
• PICKING BASEBALL PLAYERS WHO HAVE A “GOOD FACE.” 2010-03-01 · 1 comment

February 2010

• MONEYBALL COMES TO SOCCER. 2010-02-28
• TYRUS THOMAS—DEFENSE VERSUS OFFENSE. 2010-02-20 · 2 comments

November 2009

• SABERMETRICS COMES TO SOCCER. 2009-11-23
• AN ARGUMENT FOR MAKING REFEREE REVIEWS PUBLIC IN SOCCER. 2009-11-22
• INSTANT REPLAY IMMEDIATELY (COMMENT). 2009-11-01 · 1 comment

October 2009

• MAKING REFEREE RATINGS PUBLIC—UPDATE. 2009-10-31
• MY FAVORITE SPORTS NICKNAME. 2009-10-25
• CHEATING AT CANDYLAND. 2009-10-14
• CANDYLAND AND BASEBALL. 2009-10-13 · 2 comments

September 2009

• THE REMARKABLE MOE BERG (COMMENT). 2009-09-29
• CHEATING—MOVING THE GOALPOSTS. 2009-09-27
• CHEATING—DELIBERATELY CRASHING. 2009-09-26
• THE WIND BLEW OUT ONLY WHEN THE HOME TEAM WAS AT BAT. 2009-09-23
• FAREWELL TO THE BIGGEST HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE OF THEM ALL. 2009-09-23
• MOE BERG REVISITED. 2009-09-21
• NOT RUNNING UP 100 POINTS ON YOUR OPPONENT. 2009-09-20
• RUNNING UP 100 POINTS ON YOUR OPPONENT. 2009-09-18

August 2009

• BALLET TRAINING FOR ATHLETES. 2009-08-19

July 2009

• FRONTIERS IN BASEBALL STATISTICS. 2009-07-15
• MARILYN MONROE AND JOE DIMAGGIO. 2009-07-08
• LUCK AND THE WORLD SERIES. 2009-07-08
• BASEBALL STREAKS AND MUSCLE MEMORY. 2009-07-08
• DIMAGGIO DID IT TWICE. 2009-07-07

June 2009

• BAD LINE CALLS. 2009-06-24
• USEFUL PHRASES–“MISERY POKER.” 2009-06-16 · 3 comments

May 2009

• SUBSTITUTING ALPHABETICALLY. 2009-05-29
• EVERYBODY IN THE INFIELD. 2009-05-29
• AN UMPIRE MAKES HIS RATING KNOWN. 2009-05-28
• OPTICAL ILLUSIONS AND CURVE BALLS. 2009-05-16
• NOT CARING ABOUT THE SCORE. 2009-05-05

April 2009

• ACTS OF KINDNESS—J. R. RICHARD. 2009-04-27
• THE HARDEST THROWER IN THE MAJORS. 2009-04-27

March 2009

• WHEN EACH UMPIRE MADE HIS OWN RULES. 2009-03-29
• IMPROVING UMPIRE PERFORMANCE. 2009-03-29
• SCAMS: FLOOD PREPARATION. 2009-03-28
• IT’S NOT ONLY MADOFF: ATHLETES AND INVESTMENT SCAMS. 2009-03-28 · 1 comment
• BENCHMARKS FOR FREE THROWS. 2009-03-05
• BASEBALL DEFENSIVE STATISTICS. 2009-03-04

February 2009

• STEROIDS AND THE PLAYERS UNION. 2009-02-20
• MEASURING DEFENSE IN THE NBA. 2009-02-18

January 2009

• FORMULA 1 AND THE OPERATING ROOM. 2009-01-28 · 1 comment
• LOCATING THE CHAINS (REVISITED). 2009-01-01

December 2008

• LOCATING THE CHAINS. 2008-12-27 · 1 comment

November 2008

• MONEYBALL AND THE FINANCIAL CRISIS. 2008-11-16 · 2 comments

October 2008

• FIVETHIRTYEIGHT (COMMENT). 2008-10-31
• GETTING HOLD OF THE BEANS BEFORE VALUING THEM. 2008-10-30 · 1 comment
• HOW RARE ARE TWINS? 2008-10-27
• ARE TWINS BETTER IN SOME SPORTS THAN IN OTHERS? 2008-10-27
• “THE RACE IS NOT ALWAYS TO THE SWIFT….” 2008-10-23

September 2008

• THE FINANCIAL CRISIS–TIME TO MAKE COFFEE? 2008-09-28 · 3 comments
• A NOTE ON FOX HUNTING. 2008-09-26 · 2 comments
• BREW ANOTHER POT OF COFFEE. 2008-09-07 · 1 comment
• “DO YOU WANT TO GO BOWLING?” 2008-09-05

August 2008

• COMPETING AT RING AROUND THE ROSY. 2008-08-08
• HOW I WOULD PLAY THE ULTIMATUM GAME. 2008-08-07

June 2008

• TRAVELING WITHOUT GUIDEBOOKS. 2008-06-30
• THE GREATEST CATCH THAT WAS NEVER MADE. 2008-06-25

May 2008

• POPULAR DISSATISFACTION WITH UMPIRING. 2008-05-31
• FAKE TRUCK, FAKE WATERMELON? 2008-05-28
• CAL MCLISH. 2008-05-12

April 2008

• CHILDREN’S GAMES—BOWS AND ARROWS. 2008-04-30 · 1 comment
• CHILDREN’S GAMES—BOUNCE THE APPLE. 2008-04-30
• GAMES LAW STUDENTS PLAY. 2008-04-29
• CHILDREN’S GAMES—BUCKETHEAD. 2008-04-29
• CHILDREN’S GAMES—FARM YARD CROQUET-GOLF. 2008-04-28
• CHILDREN’S GAMES—SOCCER BALL TAG. 2008-04-27
• IN THIS WICKED WORLD…. 2008-04-06 · 3 comments

February 2008

• STEROIDS, BASEBALL AND HUNGER ARTISTS. 2008-02-12 · 3 comments

January 2008

• AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF INVESTING IN A PITCHER’S EARNINGS. 2008-01-31 · 1 comment
• YOU CAN INVEST IN A PITCHER’S EARNINGS. 2008-01-24
• THE DEATH OF A CHAMPION. 2008-01-13
• HOW MY FATHER CAME TO SING IN A BOYS CHOIR. 2008-01-09 · 2 comments
• MY FATHER AND CURLY LAMBEAU. 2008-01-08 · 1 comment

December 2007

• AN ECONOMIST CALLS FOR MAKING REFEREE EVALUATIONS PUBLIC. 2007-12-21 · 2 comments
• BASEBALL AND FICTION WRITERS. 2007-12-09

November 2007

• SHEPHERDS ON STILTS. 2007-11-28
• WIFE CARRYING. 2007-11-07 · 3 comments

October 2007

• “GIANT WRESTLING BABIES.” 2007-10-25
• OZZIE AND FREE PIZZA. 2007-10-03
• GO, CUBS! 2007-10-01 · 2 comments

July 2007

• BUYING SUV’S AND VOTING AGAINST THEM. 2007-07-29
• BASEBALL PROSPECTUS. 2007-07-27
• UMPIRE RATINGS. 2007-07-27 · 5 comments
• SHOULD REFEREE RATINGS BE PUBLIC? 2007-07-26
• TWINS IN SPORTS– WITH ONE MISTAKEN IDENTITY STORY (COMMENT). 2007-07-21 · 1 comment
• A RANDOM WALK ON THE STOCK MARKET (COMMENT). 2007-07-02

June 2007

• THE END OF A CHAMPION’S CAREER? 2007-06-27
• THE CONSOLATIONS OF A WHITE SOX FAN. 2007-06-26 · 1 comment
• LISTENING TO BASEBALL GAMES TO GO TO SLEEP (COMMENT). 2007-06-19
• PHIL RIZZUTO. 2007-06-04

May 2007

• MOE BERG. 2007-05-26
• THE GRAND PRIX SABOTEURS. 2007-05-26 · 3 comments

April 2007

• BASKETBALL–AN EXPERIMENT THAT FAILED. 2007-04-22 · 5 comments
• CAN CONSUMERS HAVE TOO MANY CHOICES? 2007-04-01 · 5 comments

March 2007

• THE SECOND OLDEST FANTASY BASEBALL LEAGUE. 2007-03-31 · 14 comments
• WHY WHITE SOX AND CUB FANS AND DANES ARE HAPPY. 2007-03-25 · 5 comments
• WHAT I HAVE IN COMMON WITH NORMAN MAILER. 2007-03-19 · 1 comment

February 2007

• USING THE HELMET AS A WEAPON. 2007-02-02 · 1 comment

January 2007

• MUSCLE MEMORY AND HOT HANDS FOR BASKETBALL PLAYERS. 2007-01-30
• DO BASEBALL PLAYERS HAVE HOT STREAKS? 2007-01-29

November 2006

• HOT STOVE LEAGUE–FREE AGENTS 2006-11-25
• BASKETBALL–HOW IMPORTANT IS DEFENSE? 2006-11-24 · 1 comment