Now: quantitative analysis, @Yankees // Then: MS in statistics @Duke, content for @IBM, @ThePracticalDev // Always: blogging about data, missing lefty layups
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on the left is an actual topographic map of Brooklyn
on the right is one I estimated using only @CitiBikeNYC ride data and the principle that it's harder to bike uphill
pretty close!
methodology and #rstats code in my linked post and the thread below 🧵
walker-harrison.com/posts/ci…
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Was curious so I checked, and indeed, 538's NFL model also overstates homefield advantage
Much has been made about the divergence between @FiveThirtyEight's #NBA predictions this year and the corresponding Vegas lines.
For every '21-'22 regular season game, I tested how RAPTOR spreads and win probabilities compared to sportsbooks'.
full post: walker-harrison.com/posts/20…
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BREAKING: Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association have reached a tentative agreement on a new labor deal, sources tell ESPN. While it still needs to be ratified by both parties, that is expected to be a formality, and when it is:
Baseball is back.
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Feb 13, 2022
Final: LA 23, CIN 20
Excitement Index: 5.056
Percentiles:
▪70.0% since 2011 for Super Bowls (4 of 11)
▪75.6% since 2011 for CIN (46 of 186)
▪81.1% since 2011 for LA (36 of 187)
#RamsHouse #RuleTheJungle #LAvsCIN
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Dec 05, 2021
Final: DET 29, MIN 27
Excitement Index: 5.533
Percentiles (non-OT games):
▪92.9% in 2021 (13 of 172)
▪90.0% since 2011 (269 of 2690)
▪89.1% since 2011 for DET (19 of 166)
▪91.4% since 2011 for MIN (15 of 164)
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Trees x inequality h/t @WalkWearsCrocs perplex.city/a-big-beautiful…
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Announcing 2021 coaching staff assignments for our full-season Minor League affiliates:
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Yankee Stadium's vaccination site is now open! Eligible Bronx residents can get their COVID-19 vaccinations through appointment only.
For more info & to schedule an appointment, visit somosvaccinations.com
#VaccinateNY
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TEN decided to punt to BAL from the BAL 40 on 4th & 2 with 10:06 remaining in the 4th while losing 13 to 17.
With a Surrender Index of 138.87, this punt ranks at the 100th percentile of cowardly punts of the 2020 season, and the 99.92nd percentile of all punts since 2009.
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Wow. WaPo just released a recording showing President Trump attempting to blackmail Georgia's Secretary of State to overturn the election.
Listen:
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It is with great sadness that we learned of the death of Alexander Aurrichio '12CC, who passed away Monday in Australia.
📰 bit.ly/3dQObH9
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Just made snickerdoodles. Why do they look like Squidward’s thighs after he discovered Krabby patties
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love is blind seems silly now but in the wake of coronavirus, won’t all dating be via pods? speaking to your soulmate through a quarantine wall is the new love language
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I tried my best to capture what Mike Mussina means to me: studlife.com/sports/2019/01/…