ESPN Win Probability and the Braves

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

Today I was planning on posting my monthly meta analysis, just as I have planned to do all week.  Things just keep coming up, though, and this is the latest.  As it turns out, this post is also the latest in a series of posts about the concept of Win Probability and its treatment ...

ESPN and Win Probability: Breaking “New” Ground

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007

This is the fourth installment of a series where I'm tracking the latest developments with ESPN and various forms of baseball win probability (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3). A few weeks ago, ESPN introduced a win probability graphic to their coverage of the College World Series.  They didn't fully explain ...

Month-end Meta: June 2007

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

Another month is in the books, and this is what happened in this corner of the web. Top searches for June: ESPN/CWS/Win Probability or some combination thereof: 61 "Baseball:" 13 Searches for my name: 11 Random searches for various Braves minor leaguers: about 10 I applaud your persistence if you made it here by searching for ...

Win Probability: The suspense factor and other errata

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

The College World Series began last week with the usual set of great games and inspiring teams, but with a little wrinkle to the ESPN broadcast that should probably interest MLB fans: the inclusion of win probability to the bevy of stats used over the course of the broadcast.  I've ...

Win Probability and ESPN: Part 2

Monday, June 18th, 2007

I'm going to try and crank out two posts today: 1) First, a few more comments on ESPN's introduction to win probability 2) Second, my weekly Braves update So, let's get started. Win Probability and ESPN As I mentioned on Saturday night, I tuned in for the last inning of the Oregon State-Cal State Fullerton ...