Moonshot: The Astros’ Sign-Stealing Left A Fingerprint In The Audio DataB
11/15They cheated early and accurately.
Moonshot: Rising Ticket Prices Explain MLB’s Attendance Problems$
11/08Skyrocketing costs account for millions fewer people at the park.
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11/01Do we trust them to manage this technology?
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10/25Drag is all over the place and the home run rate is too.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightMoonshot: Is the New Baseball Affecting How Pitches Break Too?$
10/17Yes, but the impact is too small for hitters to care.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightMoonshot: The Rocket Ball Has Disappeared In OctoberB
10/10The rocket ball is gone and home runs are down.
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10/04Were they holding back in the regular season?
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightMoonshot: The Cubs Fell Victim to Confirmation BiasB
9/27Ignore PECOTA at your peril.
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9/20And it may cause even more tanking.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightMoonshot: Dave Dombrowski’s Firing Was Unprecedented$
9/13And it establishes some bizarre incentives.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightMoonshot: Tanking Is Responsible for a Big Chunk of MLB’s Attendance ProblemsB
9/06Nearly seven months into the season, it’s clear that the attendance problems from early April were no aberration.
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8/30Is it the players or the baseball itself?
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightMoonshot: The Rocket Ball is Powering Most of the 2019 Home Run Spike$
8/23But it looks like batters are getting stronger, too.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightMoonshot: The Atlantic League’s Radical Stolen Base Experiment$
8/16The new rules are having a big impact, just not how we thought they would.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightMoonshot: The Reds-Pirates Brawl Was Inevitable$
8/07Like tossing a match on a pool of gasoline.
continue reading chevron_rightchevron_rightMoonshot: This Trade Deadline Was the Busiest in More Than a Decade$
8/02The new rules had a huge effect.
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