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Apologies for the tangent, but are there any HN users who are interested in sports analytics?
by lhuang 17y ago
Apologies for the tangent, but are there any HN users who are interested in sports analytics?
- sjs382 17y agoAbsolutely. I drool a bit every time I hear Darryl Morey talk about the MIT/Sloan Sports Conference.
- fefzero 17y agoYes, definitely, although I'm personally more interested in baseball than football. I originally saw this article via The Book Blog here: http://www.insidethebook.com/ee/index.php/site/comments/how_many_fumbles_is_too_many http://www.insidethebook.com/ee/index.php/site/comments/how_...
- protomyth 17y agoYep, but baseball is more my thing. I guess I am just a fan of modeling systems (and heck - if it helps my fantasy league selections - cool).
- ryanelkins 17y agoYeah - I play in fantast football league - it was a way of helping family keep in touch when my grandparents passed away. My dad, brothers, uncles and cousins are pretty in to football. I didn't really know much at all (probably couldn't really name more than 2-3 current players at the time), but the stats and numbers and everything keep me pretty interested. I get interested in the math behind things and trying to predict future performance (which is very difficult but fun to analyze nonetheless). I won the league last year and was destroying people this year until the playoffs when my cousin had 3 players put out some of their best numbers of the season (combined they scored more than most teams of 8 usually do) and stop me in the playoffs. I am in the top 3 highest scoring teams every year. I find it alot of fun actually.
- epe 17y agoGood question -- I am. I created a poll here to see if other are as well: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1101191 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1101191
- dustym 17y agoVery much so. I've been going through The Book[1] trying to work out some of the calculations using clojure as an exercise in learning both topics. Baseball has an incredibly rich data and deep knowledge ecosystem that is fascinating (and sometimes profitable, just ask Nate Silver). At my day job[2] we don't do much in the way of advanced analytics, but it's on the wishlist. I'm veering into shameless plug territory now, but if you are interested in this stuff, please check out our Saber blog[3]. Also if you are a smart dev, come work with us :) [1] http://www.insidethebook.com/ee/ http://www.insidethebook.com/ee/ [2] http://www.sbnation.com/ http://www.sbnation.com/ [3] http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/ http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/
- callmeed 17y agoDefinitely, but I also prefer baseball over football (but football over basketball).
- profquail 17y agoYep. I also created my own analysis algorithms, which I planned to turn into a small subscription website a while back until I found out that the data services I needed were too expensive for me to turn a profit. If you're interested in sports analytics, feel free to send me an email and we'll chat.