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The impact of race on the likelihood of former Major League Baseball players becoming managers is analyzed using data … number of black managers in Major League Baseball. Significant evidence is found that Hispanic former players are 66 and 69 …
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A study of the physics of baseball has shown that air density plays a significant role in the distance a batted … baseball will travel. Air density is a function of altitude, temperature, humidity, and barometric pressure. This paper tests … if air density impacts the totals market in Major League Baseball by influencing the number of runs in a game above and …
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This paper investigates the determinants of game-day attendance in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) from …
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In 2010, a plan to finance a new spring training stadium for the Cubs through a ticket surcharge on all games in the Cactus League was proposed. We find that the Cubs increase attendance when they are the away team by about 37%. Thus, the surcharge would be economically justified as long as the...
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fan interest. The introduction of random testing for performance-enhancing drugs (PED) by Major League Baseball (MLB …
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We address potential racial bias by Major League Baseball umpires with respect to ball–strike calls. We offer a …
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smoking is less prevalent among high school athletes than non-athletes. Baseball, in particular, is one of several sports … of play in college baseball and in the minor leagues. Major League Baseball bars its players from carrying smokeless …
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High school baseball is very popular in Japan. All games of the high school baseball tournaments are publicly … broadcasted. This paper hypothesizes that high school baseball influences the happiness level of the Japanese. Individual level … high school baseball on happiness. Further, nostalgia for home influences migrants’ happiness, and this influence is …
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We present a quantitative analysis of throwing ability for major league outfielders and catchers. We use detailed game event data to tabulate success and failure events in outfielder and catcher throwing opportunities. We attribute a run contribution to each success or failure which is tabulated...
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We provide a response to Beech's review of The Wages of Wins: Taking Measure of the Many Myths in Modern Sport in this journal. Specifically we are responding to three misinterpretations and/or misstatements in the book review. At the end of each section we explain the process in which we reach...
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