Tag: analysis
Below the Box Score: Fast Baseball – A new low! Week of 5/2
The story this week is FAST BASEBALL, with lots of new records being set this week in regards to pace of play. First off, the Dodgers and Padres played on Sunday and completed the entire ordeal in a mere 127 minutes, becoming the quickest game of the year so far. This was a 1-0…
Below The Box Score: Ejections-a-plenty! Week of 4/25
The story of this week has to be the ejections. After last week had no ejections, the umps warmed up their tossin’ arms and 6 were ejected this week. The Padres had two of their own rung up this week, which is the weekly high for a team (unsurprisingly). The Padres helped even the score…
Introducing the AMSTS Baseball Organizational Rankings!
In an effort to make the success of an organization more clear, we have introduced the AMSTS Baseball Organizational Rankings. This allows you to play around with the sliders to appropriately weight the value of each league, from MLB to the Rookie League, to see what organization tops your list. Methodology: For the default rankings,…
Best and Worst of the NCAA Basketball 2015-16 Regular Season: All 351 Teams!
It’s that time of the year again. The college basketball regular season has ended, bringing us the most exciting tournament in all of sports. But before they cut down the nets and show One Shining Moment, let’s take a look at who accomplished what in the regular season this year. In the spirit of the statistical…
How Long Is The Road to the Final Four For All 68 Teams?
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…
Horizon League and Summit League Crappy Conference Preview
Editor note: This continues a series of conference tournament previews for the worst conferences in college basketball. Every day we will preview the conference tournaments for the non “Power” conferences that will begin on that day. Today we have the Horizon League and the Summit League. With apologies to the former USSR, here is the AMSTS CCCP (Crappy Conference…
The Big Ice Report: Your Weekly r/hockey European Hockey League Update
Editor note: This is the first of a series of weekly updates on varying European hockey leagues and North American leagues that don’t get much coverage in the media put together by some of the members of Reddit’s r/hockey subreddit. Want to contribute? Contact us, and tell us what league you’re interested in writing about. …
Tuesday’s Minnesota vs Rutgers Game Will Still Be Historically Bad Basketball
Okay, so Minnesota ruined it. Everyone had been looking forward to seeing two 0-14 (in conference) teams play one another on Tuesday. If that had happened, and the rest of the season played out with the bottom two teams in the conference having a combined 2 wins (against each other), it would’ve been the first…
Point Distribution by Conference in NCAA Basketball, or “How Terrible the SWAC is in One Graph”
With the new shot clock rules in the NCAA this season, as expected, scoring has increased dramatically. Everyone knows that. Here are the charts that show it: Similar in distribution, but with a shift of about 10-12%. Given that the shot clock was reduced by 14%, this is what we’d expect. There’s no…
Super Bowl Names: An Analysis of Every First Name that Has Started in the Big Game
The Super Bowl is only just over a week away, which means that next week, you will get all the Super Bowl coverage you could possibly imagine. But rather than simply looking forward to one game, I decided to take a look back at the history of the game in it’s most fundamental piece: the…
What is Home Court Advantage Worth in College Basketball?
As the 2015-16 College Basketball season passes its halfway point, it’s worth taking a look at the value of a home game. Various people have done it in the past, but none of it has been updated for 2015-16, and we’ll look at how best to do it. First off, we’ll take every game played…
Boeing Cubs? Kroger Reds? What MLB Teams Would Look Like if Corporate Sponsors Got Naming Rights
Editor note: Today’s post is by AMSTS’ newest contributor, “AirBall”. Japanese baseball is a blast – I recommend taking in a game if you ever have the chance. The crowd is incredibly committed, and if you’re not Japanese you’ll probably be on the Jumbotron a few times. The best part? You’ll be able to watch the…