How has preseason playtime impacted the link between preseason and regular season performance?

From 2000–2017, there was a weak positive correlation (R = 0.24) between preseason and regular season net points per game.

From 2017–2024, that correlation dropped to just 0.05.

04.08.2025 17:41 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

I know you are haha. Yeah between Athletics (when they move to Vegas) and Mariners one of them would be given quite a bit more travel)

15.07.2025 21:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Haha - I do not have a positive/negative opinion of any MLB team!

15.07.2025 20:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Also, regardless of whether the Athletics are in Oakland, Sacramento or Las Vegas, they would be in same reimagined division in this optimization.

15.07.2025 14:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

NOTE -- instead of using the full optimization, a simpler problem (assuming teams like SF/Boston cant be in same division) was used instead -- this almost definitely gives same results as full optimization though.

15.07.2025 14:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

With the MLB All-Star game tonight, here is how MLB divisions would look if they were created purely to minimize the average distance between teams.

Avg distance between teams in same division:
- Current: 606 miles
- Optimal: 421 miles

15.07.2025 14:00 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0

NFL Big Data Bowl 2025 Help use pre-snap behavior to predict and better understand NFL team and player tendencies

Instructions for folks who want feedback on their 2025 #BigDataBowl Submissions:

www.kaggle.com/competitions...

18.03.2025 18:21 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Analyzing NFL Pro Bowl Flag Football — Tom Bliss

Details on how these metrics are calculated can be found here: www.datawithbliss.com/analyzing-nf...

02.02.2025 23:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Baker Mayfield boasted the highest EPA/play, Success Rate and Completion % Over Expected for all passers in the 2025 #ProBowlGames .

Gardner Minshew still leads in career EPA/Play & Success Rate from his 2023 appearance.

02.02.2025 23:07 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Congratulations to the Finalists, Semi-Finalists, and Honorable Mention finishers in the 2025 Big Data Bowl #BigDataBowl

29.01.2025 17:14 — 👍 13    🔁 6    💬 3    📌 4

Congratulations to the Finalists, Semi-Finalists, and Honorable Mention finishers in the 2025 Big Data Bowl #BigDataBowl

29.01.2025 17:09 — 👍 9    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

2025 Big Data Bowl finalists will be announced tomorrow, Weds 1/29, at 12 noon EST #BigDataBowl

29.01.2025 03:36 — 👍 9    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1