Tag: expansion
Nate Silver’s NHL Expansion Analysis Is Weak At Best (AKA Why Las Vegas Isn’t A Bad NHL Option)
In a post on FiveThirtyEight yesterday, noted political pundit and Sabrematrician Nate Silver posited that “Las Vegas Is A a Terrible Place For An NHL Team” based upon his robust analysis…. Built upon Google searching habits. That’s right. One of the most respected data analysts in the blogosphere simplified a metric of “fans…
MLB Expansion in Mexico City: How Much Deeper Would the Fences Have To Be?
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred told CSN Chicago on Thursday that both Montreal and Mexico City are in the sights of the league for potential expansion to 32 teams. Montreal would bring a team back to the city after they moved south in 2004. Mexico City, on the other hand, would be completely new and fascinating…