Tag Archives: Baseball

Is baseball too slow?

Posted on March 11, 2015 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

My daughter Adys Ann and I attended a Spring Training baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Toronto Blue Jays in Dunedin, Fla. yesterday afternoon. While my little one was napping during the first few innings of the game, I kept … Continue reading →

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A contract is a bet …

Posted on August 3, 2013 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Charles Fried, a law professor at Harvard, famously argued that a contract is a promise. We at prior probability, however, say that a contract is more like a bet. Consider the relation between sports contracts in baseball and hitting success. … Continue reading →

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A-Rod versus the Yankees

Posted on July 25, 2013 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Looks like the Yankees’ management made a bad bet when the re-signed star third-baseman Alex Rodriguez several years ago … There are reports that A-Rod wants to return to the Yankees’ lineup this Friday (26 July) but that Brian Cashman, the team’s General … Continue reading →

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