The Lone Economist

A long time ago near the start of my career as an economist, my mentor at that time sat me down to tell me one word. “Specialize” he advised. I outwardly acknowledged his wisdom while secretly knowing that if specialization was necessary for success in our profession, then I was doomed. Since that conversation I’ve… Read more

In my quest to create a predictive set of baseball statistics, I’ve stumbled upon a statistic by which we can assess who is the greatest batter over the last 100 years. So far, by adjusting only for bases, outs and batter age, I have Babe Ruth in front with Ted Williams hot on his heels.… Read more

6-D baseball statistics rely on 288 discrete “locations” that result from the 6 dimensions of baseball: outs, first, second and third base, balls and strikes. This is kind of a “quantum” alternative to traditional baseball statistics. In fact, I might start calling it Quantum Baseball. I’ll explain this in greater detail in a later post.… Read more