Fantasy Baseball Statistics to Look Out For

This article lays down the key sabermetric statistics with which to evaluate pitcher's strikeout totals. These stats are better than basic ones (total k's, k's/9) because they take swinging strikes, contact percentage and plain luck into account. However, these stats are not readily availably, so try heading over to fangraphs.com. If you want to win your league, this article is definitely worth looking at.

http://www.kramericasports.com/Fantasy_Baseball_Articles_News_Advice_Guest_Contributors_files/Fantasy-Baseball-2012-How-to-Evaluate-Pitcher-Strikeouts-234.html

Can Sabermetrics Be Applied to Soccer?

In this piece the writer addresses another article that claims sabermetric stats are "limited by soccer's fluid and non-quantifiable nature." He takes an interesting point of view and introduces a few soccer statistics. http://socceranalysts.com/category/sabermetrics/

Stats Versus Instinct

This article discusses a paper that compared NBA General Manager's "naive" statistical decisions to what sabermetricians say are important statistical decisions. The paper concluded that in the end, general managers were more effective. Therefore, statistics should not be the sole factor for a general manager when he or she is building a team.

http://sabermetricresearch.blogspot.com/2008/12/do-nba-general-managers-outperform.html

Moneyball NBA Team

In this article the writer takes the "moneyball" approach to compiling a basketball team. He focuses his 12-man roster on players with low salaries, low turnovers, high field-goal percentages, a lot of offensive boards, and high blocks. The only pick I disagree with is Brook Lopez, who only averaged 6.0 rebounds per game last year despite playing big minutes and being 7 feet tall. Additionally, the writer makes a bold statement by asserting that Chris Paul is the "ultimate NBA Sabermetrics guy."

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/771677-nba-sabermetrics-the-ultimate-moneyball-team

"Joining the Revolution"

This article is written by esteemed sports writer Bill Simmons. In it, he explains why he's decided to "join the revolution" and embrace sabermetrics. He provides in depth explanations of several sabermetric stats in baseball. Its a little long, but I suggest reading the first couple explanations which really hammer home why sabermetrics are valuable.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/100402

The Goal of Our Club

The goal of our club is to submit our findings to this conference. Check it out.

http://www.sloansportsconference.com/

A Sin Tax On College Football and Basketball Games

This essay was posted on the Freakonomics blog, which approaches economic issues from odd perspectives (the blog is run by the authors of the the book Freakonomics). In the essay, Allen R. Sanderson argues that a "sin" tax should be imposed on collegiate sporting events to essentially pay the players. Since most of the players don't end up going pro and less than half complete their degree, Sanderson claims that the money raised from a tax could be well spent helping student-athletes finish their education.

http://www.freakonomics.com/2011/10/06/should-college-football-be-taxed-bring-your-questions-for-allen-sanderson/