Same. My under seat leg room keeps getting crunched for *other* folks' bags because I check my regular bag.

They seem a little small for the MAC. Average MAC undergrad population is like 20,000. Notre Dame only has 8,000 or so, I think. Probably need to think smaller.

Seems like the easiest way to keep winning games :-)

Incentives often work, yadda yadda

Starting up my KB-4-HOF campaign right now!

I don’t really care. But Pedroia tho?

Disclaimer: I am also not a theorist.

Yes I've become more interested in how rule changes (or other structural changes to the game, like balls, bats, etc.) affect things like balance and the distribution of talent (and how they change the role of luck/skill playing out). Fun stuff.

I agree! It’s not the athleticism that is the problem. It’s the fact that Sosa and McGwire would have to see 102 mph fastballs every night today instead of 94 like in 1998.

Let me see Judge - who is bigger strong and faster than both those guys - hit against 1998 pitchers with 1998 fielders.

NFL*

Watching the NDL is an awful experience. Everyone is so fat and so strong and every ball is thrown so crisply. It’s great that they’re so much better. But there is no greatness without variability in talent. Everyone can’t be great. When they are, great is boring.

We know competitive balance increases with increases to the size of the labor pool. We know that athleticism has increased dramatically in the past 50 years.

We like seeing great performances. But it’s impossible to see what they are when balance is too strong. It masks the absolute talent level.

Currently working on a paper suggesting we should be careful about using sports data though, so 😬

Kahn’s 2000 paper made a small dent I guess. Never had any luck at ILR Review though 🙃