Parks that mostly would favor the pitcher are parks with longer dimensions against the wall, like how far the wall is from home plate.
At Yankee Stadium in Bronx, NY. The dimensions are 318ft. in left field, 314ft. in right field and 408ft. in center field. This park is ranked 5th in the hitters parks chart. It seems more that if the outfield walls are shorter then its going to favor the hitter because at Shea Stadium, left and right field are 330ft. and left center is 378ft. This park favors the pitcher because its harder for a hitter to get a homer off the pitcher do to the home run walls being so far.
The new Yankee Stadium is going to favor left handed batters, with the right field foul pole being 295ft. And in right center its going to shoot out to 429ft. The left field pole is going to measure 281ft. And by left center its 460ft.
Yankee Stadium benefits almost both hitters and pitchers because the outfield corners are so short, so it gives pull hitters a big home run advantage. Pitcher, Roger Clemens went 9-5 with a 3.56 ERA at home and going 5-5 on the road with a 6.20 ERA. Any Pettitte was the same way going 10-3 at home with a 3.16 ERA and 5-7 on the road with a 4.97 ERA. But hes the type of pitcher who lets his defense do work to and not try and always strike the batter out, and if he thinks he may end up walking the batter, he'll give him a strike so he can hit iit and the defense can back him up.
"Yankee Stadium." New York Yankees. 5 Jun 2008 http://www.baseball-statistics.com/Ballparks/NYY/.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Lets Sum it All Up- Athlete's Salaries
Final Reflection
Over the past month or so, I have been trying solve if Professional Athletes salaries are justified? Now that everything is coming to an end, I feel as if I failed. But I still came up with good stuff, and some interesting facts about Athlete's salaries. During research, some of the questions I had have changed, but still worth while. I always tried to find the information but it seemed as if there was none. I could not help if there wasn't any written documents of players whining about money, but I did find alot of other useful information.
Who makes the standards for player salaries? This was a foundation question that I had, but I never really found an answer to it. I really wanted to know who sets it up. I wanted to know who is the mastermind behind the player asking for 23 million to play next year. As for all the moves that happen within an organization, I wondered who was the guy who says, "I will pay 18 million for 'such and such' to play on my team." Does that come from the owner? Do the owners even play a part in the process? I feel as if I definitely failed on this one, but I made up for on other questions.
Another foundational question that always bothers me would be, what makes a difference between two athletes? If you were to take two athletes from different sports and compare the two, you should not see that much of a difference. The players should have drive to compete, they should be in top physical condition and they should understand that they are just players on a team. This way if they know they are just one player on a team, they would understand that a team needs every member to contribute. Nobody wants to be a backup to anybody, but a backup is a very useful guy. He or she is always one event waiting to play. But to really find what makes a difference between two athletes would be impossible, the only viable difference is the sport that he or she plays. There is no real way you can compare Danica Patrick (Female IRL Driver) to Sidney Crosby (NHL-Pittsburgh Penguins Captain/Center), other then to say that they give all they can to there sport.
As for the whole, and to answer the essential question of the search, are Athlete's Salaries justified? I would answer no. True, they do alot of work but it is not like they are saving lives. I do believe that athletes should be paid well, but not to the standards of today's market. A person who can catch a football should not be paid more than someone who finds the cure for a disease or save someones life on the emergency table. These people are everyday heroes that go unnoticed most of the time. What I want to know is why do athletes feel like they should be paid that much? What are they going to do with the money, buy the latest gas guzzler or maybe a house with 23 bedrooms instead of three. I know that I repeat this through all of my posts but I am very opinionated on the subject. Who do the athletes think they are, gods above men?
Over the past month or so, I have been trying solve if Professional Athletes salaries are justified? Now that everything is coming to an end, I feel as if I failed. But I still came up with good stuff, and some interesting facts about Athlete's salaries. During research, some of the questions I had have changed, but still worth while. I always tried to find the information but it seemed as if there was none. I could not help if there wasn't any written documents of players whining about money, but I did find alot of other useful information.
Who makes the standards for player salaries? This was a foundation question that I had, but I never really found an answer to it. I really wanted to know who sets it up. I wanted to know who is the mastermind behind the player asking for 23 million to play next year. As for all the moves that happen within an organization, I wondered who was the guy who says, "I will pay 18 million for 'such and such' to play on my team." Does that come from the owner? Do the owners even play a part in the process? I feel as if I definitely failed on this one, but I made up for on other questions.
Another foundational question that always bothers me would be, what makes a difference between two athletes? If you were to take two athletes from different sports and compare the two, you should not see that much of a difference. The players should have drive to compete, they should be in top physical condition and they should understand that they are just players on a team. This way if they know they are just one player on a team, they would understand that a team needs every member to contribute. Nobody wants to be a backup to anybody, but a backup is a very useful guy. He or she is always one event waiting to play. But to really find what makes a difference between two athletes would be impossible, the only viable difference is the sport that he or she plays. There is no real way you can compare Danica Patrick (Female IRL Driver) to Sidney Crosby (NHL-Pittsburgh Penguins Captain/Center), other then to say that they give all they can to there sport.
As for the whole, and to answer the essential question of the search, are Athlete's Salaries justified? I would answer no. True, they do alot of work but it is not like they are saving lives. I do believe that athletes should be paid well, but not to the standards of today's market. A person who can catch a football should not be paid more than someone who finds the cure for a disease or save someones life on the emergency table. These people are everyday heroes that go unnoticed most of the time. What I want to know is why do athletes feel like they should be paid that much? What are they going to do with the money, buy the latest gas guzzler or maybe a house with 23 bedrooms instead of three. I know that I repeat this through all of my posts but I am very opinionated on the subject. Who do the athletes think they are, gods above men?
Monday, May 19, 2008
On Friday May 16, I took a look at the MLB Park Factors and Coors Field was #2 on the charts with a 1.129, so I looked at the park factors today and as of yesterday (May 18) there #4 on the chart with a 1.183, They had a 3 game series against the Minnesota Twins, they lost the first game 4-2 but won the other two games, but not by much.
I'm not sure where Arizona was on the charts on Friday but today they are #1 with a 1.273. At Chase Field, if your a lefty batter this field will boost up your home run totals because Chase Field gives an 18 percent boost to their home runs and increases runs total from both sides of the plate by 12 percent.
Its said that at Chase Field its one of the more favored hitters parks in the major leagues, its ranked 5th in runs scored, 7th in total hits allowed and 11th in home runs allowed. At home the Diamondbacks are 31-9
Lopuch, Jonathan. "Baseball Effects." NEWS & ANALYSIS MLB 05/05/2006 20 May 2008 http://fanballnews.com/article.php?article_id=5610.
Mass, AJ. "Arizona Diamondbacks fantasy team preview." ESPN Fantasy Baseball Draft Kit 27/02/2008 21 May 2008 http://sports.espn.go.com/fantasy/baseball/flb/story?page=mlbdk2k8aripreview.
I'm not sure where Arizona was on the charts on Friday but today they are #1 with a 1.273. At Chase Field, if your a lefty batter this field will boost up your home run totals because Chase Field gives an 18 percent boost to their home runs and increases runs total from both sides of the plate by 12 percent.
Its said that at Chase Field its one of the more favored hitters parks in the major leagues, its ranked 5th in runs scored, 7th in total hits allowed and 11th in home runs allowed. At home the Diamondbacks are 31-9
Lopuch, Jonathan. "Baseball Effects." NEWS & ANALYSIS MLB 05/05/2006 20 May 2008 http://fanballnews.com/article.php?article_id=5610.
Mass, AJ. "Arizona Diamondbacks fantasy team preview." ESPN Fantasy Baseball Draft Kit 27/02/2008 21 May 2008 http://sports.espn.go.com/fantasy/baseball/flb/story?page=mlbdk2k8aripreview.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
drfting school
When I was doing serch i found a place in california where they show you how to drift. What you do is go to ther web site driftday.com then preregister, pay 250.00 and you get to drift all day. If you dont have a car to drift in you can rent one for 400.00. But if you do have your own car you have to get it inspected by the people that run it. I thought that was cool that make sure that your car is safe for you and the other drivers. I think that it would be a cool thing to try, you dont have to worry about the cops or hitting a wall. You could even get general certificate so you could try to get some type of job doing it. I found a fourm on it and a lot of people go to it, so it must be good.
drift day." drift day. 22 May 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
What Really Makes a Team Play Well?
Athlete Salary: Week 4
I have determined that player salaries are not justified. I now want to see if alot of money really makes a team good? People always say if we had this player or that player, we would be great or even unstoppable. Big money player are suppose to play good no matter where they are but if they don't have the right supporting cast nothing will happen. But that is not always the case, if there is only one good player then every team will just bear down on him/her. This has happened countless number of times throughout sports history. A team is considered good when everyone is clicking.
Look at Wayne Gretzky, my favorite hockey player ever, plays amazing with Edmonton. He was basically unstoppable, but when he went to the Kings, Blues, or Rangers things changed a little. He was still amazing but teams started to double team him to no end. Gretzky, with the Oilers, won 4 Stanley Cups, 6 Art Ross trophies (Scoring Champion), and 8 Hart Memorial trophies (MVP) ("Wayne Gretzky Achievements"). But when his supporting cast changed, when he was traded, so did his fortunes. When on the Oiler, he was surrounded by great players like Jari Kurri and Mark Messier, definitely great players. Then on the Kings, he was surrounded by Luc Robitaille and Bernie Nicholls, not as great but still good I guess. He only won the Hart Memorial once, and the Art Ross he won 4 more times, which means he was MVP
Now people believe money is what a team always needs. That isn't the case. As I said before my favorite team is the Yankees, and money isn't solving there problems. They can't seem to get over .500, what a terrible shame. With such talent they should be have a perfect record and so much more. Maybe like batting titles and shut outs, maybe perfect games. No, at this exact moment, they are last in there division and have a 20-22 record. Take a look at other teams and there salaries, Tampa Bay has one of the best records. But with a team total of $43,820,598 for salary, they are ranked 29th out of 30 teams. ("MLB Salaries") Go figure, the only team with less is the Floida Marlins. The Marlins also have a great record, and lead there division. Isn't that just perfect irony.
Over the years, I always wondered what makes up a good team? What really gives them that power to keep going, maybe the drive to know when the games on the line and try that much harder. But then again I came upon my favorite baseball team, and then it hit me, the days of young Jeter and his drive may have dried up. He was always the reason why the team did so well, he was the guy the rest of team fell onto for support and guidance, and hell, he was not making that much money.
So what can said about money makes a team? That is clearly a bunch of bologna, a good team is made of good players who work together. They have a drive to be the best, while making the team around an individual so much better. In football terms, a quarterback would be nothing without his Offense-line. This means if the line protects the QB, then he should have enough time to make passes. Which would lead to touchdowns, as well as winning the game. What makes a team is good team chemistry, which means there is a sense of camaraderie, almost like family atmosphere.
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"List of Career Achievements by Wayne Gretzky." Wikipedia 05 02 2008 05 06 2008
"MLB Standings." ESPN 05 06 08 05 19 2008
"MLB Salaries." CBSSports 2008 05 20 2008
I have determined that player salaries are not justified. I now want to see if alot of money really makes a team good? People always say if we had this player or that player, we would be great or even unstoppable. Big money player are suppose to play good no matter where they are but if they don't have the right supporting cast nothing will happen. But that is not always the case, if there is only one good player then every team will just bear down on him/her. This has happened countless number of times throughout sports history. A team is considered good when everyone is clicking.
Look at Wayne Gretzky, my favorite hockey player ever, plays amazing with Edmonton. He was basically unstoppable, but when he went to the Kings, Blues, or Rangers things changed a little. He was still amazing but teams started to double team him to no end. Gretzky, with the Oilers, won 4 Stanley Cups, 6 Art Ross trophies (Scoring Champion), and 8 Hart Memorial trophies (MVP) ("Wayne Gretzky Achievements"). But when his supporting cast changed, when he was traded, so did his fortunes. When on the Oiler, he was surrounded by great players like Jari Kurri and Mark Messier, definitely great players. Then on the Kings, he was surrounded by Luc Robitaille and Bernie Nicholls, not as great but still good I guess. He only won the Hart Memorial once, and the Art Ross he won 4 more times, which means he was MVP
Now people believe money is what a team always needs. That isn't the case. As I said before my favorite team is the Yankees, and money isn't solving there problems. They can't seem to get over .500, what a terrible shame. With such talent they should be have a perfect record and so much more. Maybe like batting titles and shut outs, maybe perfect games. No, at this exact moment, they are last in there division and have a 20-22 record. Take a look at other teams and there salaries, Tampa Bay has one of the best records. But with a team total of $43,820,598 for salary, they are ranked 29th out of 30 teams. ("MLB Salaries") Go figure, the only team with less is the Floida Marlins. The Marlins also have a great record, and lead there division. Isn't that just perfect irony.
Over the years, I always wondered what makes up a good team? What really gives them that power to keep going, maybe the drive to know when the games on the line and try that much harder. But then again I came upon my favorite baseball team, and then it hit me, the days of young Jeter and his drive may have dried up. He was always the reason why the team did so well, he was the guy the rest of team fell onto for support and guidance, and hell, he was not making that much money.
So what can said about money makes a team? That is clearly a bunch of bologna, a good team is made of good players who work together. They have a drive to be the best, while making the team around an individual so much better. In football terms, a quarterback would be nothing without his Offense-line. This means if the line protects the QB, then he should have enough time to make passes. Which would lead to touchdowns, as well as winning the game. What makes a team is good team chemistry, which means there is a sense of camaraderie, almost like family atmosphere.
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"List of Career Achievements by Wayne Gretzky." Wikipedia 05 02 2008 05 06 2008
"MLB Standings." ESPN 05 06 08 05 19 2008
"MLB Salaries." CBSSports 2008 05 20 2008
interview
I thought that i would interview my friend since he has been drifting for 6 years now so i went over to his house and these were the questions i asked had.
Q; What makes a good drifter good?
A; is not being scared
Q; What type of cars do you prefer?
A; Front engine rear wheel drive
Q: What kind of cars do you like?
A: It does not matter as long as its Front engine rear wheel drive its good to go
Q:What type of part do you think are necessary for drifting?
A; definitely got to have a tight suspension and good l.s.d.
Q: What type of technique do you like?
A; The clutch kick
Q:Can you drift with a front wheel drive car?
A:Sort of
Q: Have you ever?
A:In the winter time (he paused and laughed and went on about a story saying theres a front wheel drive honda civic an that guy goes out there with all the rear wheel dive cars and he pulls his e-brake and freaking floors it but its just not the same.)
Q:Have you heard of drift day?
A: Yea
Q:Have you ever gone out there?
A; In California? no thats expensive
Q. Do you think its good?
A. the drifting organization has been going around for a long time the guys been getting it out their for a long time.
Q. Where around here do you go drifting? Legally?
A. Theres no places around here legally, the closest one is in Beaver Run and its about 40 minutes west of Pittsburg.
Q. How do you actually win drift competitions?
A. Smoke em' all day and dont make mistakes.
Q; What makes a good drifter good?
A; is not being scared
Q; What type of cars do you prefer?
A; Front engine rear wheel drive
Q: What kind of cars do you like?
A: It does not matter as long as its Front engine rear wheel drive its good to go
Q:What type of part do you think are necessary for drifting?
A; definitely got to have a tight suspension and good l.s.d.
Q: What type of technique do you like?
A; The clutch kick
Q:Can you drift with a front wheel drive car?
A:Sort of
Q: Have you ever?
A:In the winter time (he paused and laughed and went on about a story saying theres a front wheel drive honda civic an that guy goes out there with all the rear wheel dive cars and he pulls his e-brake and freaking floors it but its just not the same.)
Q:Have you heard of drift day?
A: Yea
Q:Have you ever gone out there?
A; In California? no thats expensive
Q. Do you think its good?
A. the drifting organization has been going around for a long time the guys been getting it out their for a long time.
Q. Where around here do you go drifting? Legally?
A. Theres no places around here legally, the closest one is in Beaver Run and its about 40 minutes west of Pittsburg.
Q. How do you actually win drift competitions?
A. Smoke em' all day and dont make mistakes.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Today's Athletes Are Getting Paid Too Much
Athlete Salary: Week 3
I want to look at how salaries have changed over the years. From the 1900s to the present, what happened? Who called for the inflation? I was watching a television with some of the family. Of course were watching something to do with sports, go figure. As I was watching, a very interesting program came on, something of a NFL nature, where it featured past and present players. Players from the 40's through 70's meeting there present day counterpart. The interview that got me the most was the one between Otto Graham and Tim Couch of the Cleavland Browns. Otto Graham was Browns quarterback from 1946 to 1955, and Tim Couch at the time was the present quarterback of the orginization. What really made it interesting was to hear them talk about money. Graham said his whole salary was equivalent to one of Couch's quarter pay. This means that what Graham made in a season, Tim makes in one quarter of a game. Graham busted his ass day in and day out, this way he could be held up as one of the best quarterbacks of all time. Couch on the other hand was and is just a mediocre quarterback.
I understand that times are changing but if you were to compare the two, it would be unreasonable. Graham is one of the best players, and he did not need to be paid millions of dollars just to play the game that he loves. No one from those days ever came out and just half fasted it, everyone played every down. There is a well known story about the Green Bay Packers, would be that a players knee popped out of place, and instead of whining about it and taking himself out of the game, he just pooped it back into place and went back out for more. Now-a-days if you get injured you don't even hobble of the field, they bring out the ambulance. If someone is trying to compare a modern day player to this, I would feel great pity for them.
Back to the money portion of the post, true inflation has been present in every decade ever, except for the 1930 (Decade Inflation Chart), but who called for the athletes to get paid millions? Alright if inflation goes up, then so should pay. But where do you draw the line and say enough is enough. If you would cut some of the athletes pay, I would guarntee that we could cut starvion numbers down by more than half. But if you think about it then the players go on strike. As a nation we are torn between exciting sports and supporting the commonwealth, and we are losing badly. It is not like you can say money gaurntees you anything, only great team chemistry can do that.
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"Average Annual Inflation by Decade." InfaltionData 2008 05 06 2008
I want to look at how salaries have changed over the years. From the 1900s to the present, what happened? Who called for the inflation? I was watching a television with some of the family. Of course were watching something to do with sports, go figure. As I was watching, a very interesting program came on, something of a NFL nature, where it featured past and present players. Players from the 40's through 70's meeting there present day counterpart. The interview that got me the most was the one between Otto Graham and Tim Couch of the Cleavland Browns. Otto Graham was Browns quarterback from 1946 to 1955, and Tim Couch at the time was the present quarterback of the orginization. What really made it interesting was to hear them talk about money. Graham said his whole salary was equivalent to one of Couch's quarter pay. This means that what Graham made in a season, Tim makes in one quarter of a game. Graham busted his ass day in and day out, this way he could be held up as one of the best quarterbacks of all time. Couch on the other hand was and is just a mediocre quarterback.
I understand that times are changing but if you were to compare the two, it would be unreasonable. Graham is one of the best players, and he did not need to be paid millions of dollars just to play the game that he loves. No one from those days ever came out and just half fasted it, everyone played every down. There is a well known story about the Green Bay Packers, would be that a players knee popped out of place, and instead of whining about it and taking himself out of the game, he just pooped it back into place and went back out for more. Now-a-days if you get injured you don't even hobble of the field, they bring out the ambulance. If someone is trying to compare a modern day player to this, I would feel great pity for them.
Back to the money portion of the post, true inflation has been present in every decade ever, except for the 1930 (Decade Inflation Chart), but who called for the athletes to get paid millions? Alright if inflation goes up, then so should pay. But where do you draw the line and say enough is enough. If you would cut some of the athletes pay, I would guarntee that we could cut starvion numbers down by more than half. But if you think about it then the players go on strike. As a nation we are torn between exciting sports and supporting the commonwealth, and we are losing badly. It is not like you can say money gaurntees you anything, only great team chemistry can do that.
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"Average Annual Inflation by Decade." InfaltionData 2008 05 06 2008
Friday, May 2, 2008
Baseball Hitters: Pursuing the search
So after being stumped on this topic, Mr. Malley came across a site that would help me in my search. We were looking at MLB Park Factors and this shows what advantages some parks have to the pitcher and what advantages some parks have on the batter.
It gives the rates of the stats of players playing at home, versus the rate of stats on the road. It gives the rates that if the rate is over a 1.000 then the park favors the hitter. If it is below 1.000 then the park favors the pitcher.
If you take a look at the rates of the stats, it shows Coors Field in Denver,Coloradao is number two on the charts with a 1.290, this would mean this park may favor the batter more then it does the pitcher. I would think this because in Colorado its higher up in elevation an the air is much thinner, which may affect the away team because since the Rockies are used to being around that type of air, they know how to work with it and play ball better then an away team.
Since at Coors Field the game is played at higher altitude it gives the baseball that is pitched a much different speed when it crosses the plate from when its released from the pitchers hand. If the pitcher pitchers 95mhp the ball will cross the plate at around 85mhp reducing the speed by 10 percent.
Coors Field, in the last two seasons has had the most runs in the majors. This stadium is proven to be homer friendly, no matter how far the center field wall is(419ft) or how far the left center wall is(390ft) hitters seem to make it over the wall with the cause of the mountain airthat aids to the fly balls.
Nathan, Alan. "Baseball at High Altitude." The Physics of Baseball 30/10/2007 http://webusers.npl.uiuc.edu/~a-nathan/pob/Denver.html.
"Park Factors." ESPN MLB. 18/05/2008. 19 May 2008 http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/stats/parkfactor.
It gives the rates of the stats of players playing at home, versus the rate of stats on the road. It gives the rates that if the rate is over a 1.000 then the park favors the hitter. If it is below 1.000 then the park favors the pitcher.
If you take a look at the rates of the stats, it shows Coors Field in Denver,Coloradao is number two on the charts with a 1.290, this would mean this park may favor the batter more then it does the pitcher. I would think this because in Colorado its higher up in elevation an the air is much thinner, which may affect the away team because since the Rockies are used to being around that type of air, they know how to work with it and play ball better then an away team.
Since at Coors Field the game is played at higher altitude it gives the baseball that is pitched a much different speed when it crosses the plate from when its released from the pitchers hand. If the pitcher pitchers 95mhp the ball will cross the plate at around 85mhp reducing the speed by 10 percent.
Coors Field, in the last two seasons has had the most runs in the majors. This stadium is proven to be homer friendly, no matter how far the center field wall is(419ft) or how far the left center wall is(390ft) hitters seem to make it over the wall with the cause of the mountain airthat aids to the fly balls.
Nathan, Alan. "Baseball at High Altitude." The Physics of Baseball 30/10/2007 http://webusers.npl.uiuc.edu/~a-nathan/pob/Denver.html.
"Park Factors." ESPN MLB. 18/05/2008. 19 May 2008 http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/stats/parkfactor.
Lopuch, Jonathan. "Baseball Effects." NEWS & ANALYSIS MLB 05/05/2006 20 May 2008 http://fanballnews.com/article.php?article_id=5610.
Type of cars
When I resumed my search on drifting i wanted to know what types of car were the best to do it in. I could not find out what the best one was because people have differt opinions. So i turned to what was the most cars people use in driftin. I found a website that was just for peolpe that drift and on that website i found a forum. There was so many cars to pick from like a Nissan Silvia S12, S13, S14, S15, a new GTO, a 240sx, a Corolla, and more.
It seemed that every one had a differing opinion. Some people liked a car because how it handled or its speed. One guy liked the GTO because of how much torque it had. The other guy liked the Corolla, he said it was a good car to learn in. Every one is different and there cant be a number one car, but there can be a number one for you
"In Your Opinion Whats The Best Drift Car." Drifting.com 08 07 2004 08 05 2008.
It seemed that every one had a differing opinion. Some people liked a car because how it handled or its speed. One guy liked the GTO because of how much torque it had. The other guy liked the Corolla, he said it was a good car to learn in. Every one is different and there cant be a number one car, but there can be a number one for you
"In Your Opinion Whats The Best Drift Car." Drifting.com 08 07 2004 08 05 2008
DAN! HERE'S THAT BLOG POST FROM FREAKONOMICS! DELETE THIS POST EVENTUALLY!
Would a Salary Cap Improve Baseball?
By Freakonomics
Earlier this week, Dubner wondered what kinds of changes might make Major League Baseball more interesting to the modern T.V. viewer.
A number of you suggested instituting salary caps. This chart comparing team performance with total player salaries over the 2008 season, by data visualization guru Ben Fry, does seem to suggest a link between higher pay and sluggish performance.
But does it?
Check out Fry’s charts for the 2005, 2006, and 2007 seasons as well.
By Freakonomics
Earlier this week, Dubner wondered what kinds of changes might make Major League Baseball more interesting to the modern T.V. viewer.
A number of you suggested instituting salary caps. This chart comparing team performance with total player salaries over the 2008 season, by data visualization guru Ben Fry, does seem to suggest a link between higher pay and sluggish performance.
But does it?
Check out Fry’s charts for the 2005, 2006, and 2007 seasons as well.
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