tl;dr summary: This post examines the trend of Tommy John surgeries in MLB and MiLB using Process Behavior Charts, revealing that the perceived surge in injuries is within historical variation. T...
Last year, I looked at the free throw statistics of Andre Drummond of the Detroit Pistons. News headlines talked about how much he had improved his free throws, so I looked at one of his performa...
https://www.leanblog.org/2023/12/is-andre-drummond-sustaining-his-free-throw-improvements/
tl;dr: In the blog post, we delve into MLB's ongoing struggle with slow and lengthy games, analyzing recent rule changes aimed at reducing game time. Special focus is given to the newly enforced ...
tl;dr: This blog post analyzes the unusual incentive clause in the contract of Iowa football's offensive coordinator, Brian Ferentz, which mandates a minimum average of 25 points per game for his...
In my book Measures of Success, I share what I've learned about the “Process Behavior Chart” methodology for management metrics and business performance measures. In this post, I'll connect t...
This was in the news the other day, and it's fun to talk about mistakes that don't harm or kill anybody: Confetti delays Celtics-Hawks Game 4 playoffs series As the game announcers described, it ...
This was a big mistake on the biggest stage for the biggest American sports league. I wouldn't say it ruined the game, but it was, at minimum, a distraction that the announcers mentioned many tim...
I recently saw this article in the Washington Post: This MLB season, the ball is making everyone batty Major League Baseball has been trying to reduce variation in the production of the balls tha...
https://www.leanblog.org/2022/05/a-chart-is-a-picture-thats-worth-more-than-a-thousand-words/