Author: Chris Ford
MLB 2019 Ejections, Attendance & Weather – Week of 4/28: Ejection Hangover
Tempers spiked last week with fifteen ejections, but apparently everyone got it out of their system, as only two ejections throughout baseball last week. Let’s take a look. The A’s were outdrawn by only AA and AAA teams this week, no Single-A team outdrew them, marking the first time this season an MLB team hasn’t…
MLB 2019 Ejections, Attendance & Weather – Week of 4/21: Double Your Ejections!
Tempers have gotten hot only three weeks into the season as FIFTEEN ejections doubled the season total of ejections in just a week. This was in part due to the White Sox – Royals brawl which brought in four ejections. Beyond that, plenty of other items of note this week. Let’s take a look. The…
MLB 2019 Ejections, Attendance & Weather – Week of 4/14: Chilly Weather
We’re into baseball season in April, and with it come the rain delays and cancellations. Both Minnesota and Texas only played four games this week, on account of a scheduled day off and some rainouts. Meanwhile, in Baltimore, some trouble getting butts in seats, as the Orioles had the lowest attended games in Oriole Park…
MLB 2019 Ejections, Attendance & Weather – Week of 4/7: Season Premiere
The 2019 MLB season has begun! Which is great news! For those of us new to Below the Box Score, we look at some of the stuff that you might not see compiled in other places, mainly MLB attendance, weather, time of game, and ejections. Let’s get into it With only a few days of…
Which MLB Team Will Fly the Farthest in 2019?
It’s that time of the year again. Opening Day is TOMORROW!! It’s time for baseball fans to wake up from their hibernation and look forward to the 2019 season, unless you’re an Orioles fan like me. Anyway, for the fourth year we’re looking at which MLB Team will travel the farthest. In 2016, it was…
AMSTS Computer Predictions for Thursday’s NCAA Tournament Games
We’ve told you how good the AMSTS Computer Rankings are, how about we take them out for a spin on the biggest stage of the year? Below are the predictions and lines for Thursday’s NCAA Tournament games. Of course, gambling might not be legal in your jurisdiction so if you’re from one of those places…
Your Last Minute AMSTS Upset Specials
It’s the best time of the year, and lucky for you, you’ve stumbled upon one of the best sources NCAA Basketball information for 2018 March Madness. With a consistent appearance in the Massey Ratings’ Top 5, AMSTS’ computer metrics are second-to-none. Anyway, you’re here for bracket advice. So let’s go with a rundown of teams…
AMSTS Computer Rankings Finish in Top 5 Massey Composite For Fourth Straight Year!
Well, the college basketball regular season is over, and once again the AMSTS Computer Rankings are in the top five of the Massey Composite Ranking. This year we sit #2 overall, but #1 of the total ranking systems in correlation to consensus. What does that mean? Well, we don’t win anything but a chance to…
The Long Road to the 2019 Final Four: How Far Will Each NCAA Tournament Team Have to Travel?
We’ve heard it before: The Road to the Final Four is long and painful. But exactly how long is it? For some of the teams, it seems like they always get opening round games right down the road. For the rest of us, it seems like our team has to cross nine time zones to…
NCAA Basketball 2018-19 Attendance, Week 19: The End of the Season
It’s the last week of the regular season for many major conferences, but many of the low and mid major conference tournaments have begun. Ultimately this led to a lot fewer low attendance games than normal, which brought the average crowd over 5,000 for the first time this season. Without further ado, let’s take a…
NCAA Basketball 2018-19 Attendance, Week 18: Mid-Major Conference Tournament Time!
It’s the last week of the regular season for many major conferences, but many of the low and mid major conference tournaments have begun. Ultimately this led to a lot fewer low attendance games than normal, which brought the average crowd over 5,000 for the first time this season. Without further ado, let’s take a…
Momentum and Consistency Heading into the NCAA Tournament
It’s almost tournament time, and a big part of who can advance in the tournament is based off of how well the team is playing as we head into March. With the help of MODERN TECHNOLOGY, we’ve blown up the AMSTS Computer Rankings to dissect exactly which teams have momentum going into the big dance,…