Maria Burns Ortiz

Week 11 – More than just words: The impact of Moneyball. The role of stats and numbers. (Nov. 21)

Reading:

• “The Great Debate.” Alan Schwartz, Baseball America.

• “The No-Stats All-Star.” Michael Lewis, New York Times Magazine.

• “Differentiating the Top English Premier League Football Clubs from the Rest of the Pack: Identifying the Keys to Success.” Joel Oberstone, Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports.

• “From One-and-Done to Seasoned Veterans: A Demographic Analysis of Individual Career Length in Major League Soccer.” Nathaniel Boyden and James Carey, Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports.

• “Moneyball opened our eyes, but it wasn’t a game-changer.” Sky Andrecheck, SI.com.

• Classmates’ projects.

Additional Sites:

• The Harvard Sport Analysis Collective Blog.

Blog Assignment: Write a post using analytics data.

Skill: Building up clips, freelancing

Final project presentations.