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What Does the FSU Cheating Scandal and the Mitchell Report Have in Common?

By JP, from Pyle of List  With the release of the Mitchell Report this week, after months of feverish anticipation, baseball fans and the media finally have an official list of names connected to performance enhancing drugs. While there is some substantial evidence linking these names to the indiscretions we always suspected them of, the distinct lack of a “smoking gun” detracts from the report’s impact. However, it is the closest thing we have to proof that hundreds of players in MLB have been cheating for roughly a decade. Across town in College FootballVille, 25 FSU football players were caught cheating in their online class. Several FSU employees were also implicated in the scandal. First of all, how in the world do these guys have online classes in the first place? Secondly. [lien] [EN]

Did Steroid Use Enhance the Performance of Mitchell Report Hitters?

According to a new study published in Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports (JQAS)—Did Steroid Use Enhance the Performance of the Mitchell Batters? The Effect of Alleged Performance Enhancing Drug Use on Offensive Performance from 1995 to 2007 by Brian J. Schmotzer, Jeff Switchenko, and Patrick D. Kilgo—the answer is yes. Conclusions: This analysis suggests a significant and substantial performance advantage for players who used steroids during the study period. It is estimated that offensive production increased approximately 12% in steroid users versus non-users. This analysis represents the first attempt to quantify the overall effect of PED abuse on offensive performance in baseball. This study intrigued me, but the results are highly suspect because of obvious factual errors that should have been caught by a referee. [lien] [EN]

Statisticians Examine the Mitchell Report’s Findings

Earlier this week, I posted a link to a study published in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel that looked at the changes in performance by players discussed in the Mitchell Report. Frank Stephenson took the study to task for not properly interpreting the data. In today’s New York Times, two professors with strong backgrounds in statistics, Jonathan Cole (sociologist, Columbia) and Stephen Stigler (statistician, University of Chicago), report their analysis of players mentioned in the Mitchell Report. For pitchers identified by the report, we looked at the annual earned run average for their major league careers. For hitters we examined batting averages, home runs and slugging percentages. We then compared each player’s yearly performance before and after he is accused of having started using performance. [lien] [EN]

Carl Hates the Mitchell Report

Notorious DEK finds Carl latest ranting about the Mitchell Report. I disagree with Carl about the Yanks not injecting PEDs into their buttocks but I do agree that Senator Mitchell's conflict of interest with Red Sox is considerable and he never should have been the man in charge of the report. [lien] [EN]

A Response to My Critique of the Mitchell Report Study

I have received a response to my critique of Did Steroid Use Enhance the Performance of the Mitchell Batters? The Effect of Alleged Performance Enhancing Drug Use on Offensive Performance from 1995 to 2007 by Brian J. Schmotzer, Jeff Switchenko, and Patrick D. Kilgo. What follows is the authors’ response. I will comment on this response within the next few days. I thank the authors for responding to me. — — — Dear J.C., We read your review of our paper on your sabernomics.com website. In the interest of the pursuit of the truth, we have constructed a reply. We would be grateful if you would post it on your site. We have pasted our reply below. Please let us know if a different format would be helpful. Thanks for your consideration. -Brian Schmotzer, Pat Kilgo, Jeff Switchenko Thank you for your recent detailed examination of our study “Did Steroid Use Enhance the Performance of the Mitchell Batters? The Effect of Alleged Performance Enhancing Drug Use on Offensive Performance from 1995 to 2007. [lien] [EN]

My Response to the Mitchell Report Study Response

My response to Brian J. Schmotzer, Jeff Switchenko, and Patrick D. Kilgo’s reply to my criticism of their study follows. I would like to thank the authors for offering their response; however, I do not think their explanations succeed in validating their study. First let me address a few minor issues about which I will not go into significant depth. I have no problem with mixed effects, it just isn’t the model I would have used. In fact, in my initial critique I stated, “I suspect that it ought to get the job done”. Aging also is not a big issue, but I am appreciative that the authors took the steps to re-estimate their model according to my previous analysis. It appears that aging adjustments do not make much difference. I see that our disagreements boil down to two points on which I will focus my remarks. [lien] [EN]

Mitchell Report Open Thread

Oh the drama! Figured we could use a nice clean new open thread for the Mitchell Report findings since the speculation diary is already up in the 60s for comments. This says we'll be getting MVP's and All-Stars, but considering Ken Caminiti was an MVP I wouldn't get all excited or anything. Go to town folks. Update [2007-12-13 14:26:9 by boobs]: Click here for a pdf of the Mitchell report. [lien] [EN]

Halle Berry Releases New Baby Name

March 18, 2008 Halle Berry Releases New Baby Name People reports today that Halle Berry and Gabriel Aubry have revealed that their new daughter, born March 16, is named Nahla Ariela. The article goes on to state that the name Nahla means ‘honeybee’ in Arabic. Berry, 41, and Aubry, 32, join a growing trend among parents — waiting til they meet their offspring before settling on a name. Save to del.icio.us Technorati Tags: celebrity baby names, baby names, celebrity gossip, celebrity babies, celebrity pregnancies, Halle Berry baby name Posted on March 18th 2008 and posted to CELEBRITY BABY NAMES, Halle Berry | [lien] [EN]

Names I Hoped Not To See

Eek! Well, I guess I have to say something about the Mitchell Report, eh? Can’t I just write a statement stating I have no statement at this time? I was discussing the ramifications of the report over lunch yesterday with a colleague before it was released while keeping an eye on the bar TV set to ESPN. He asked me some tough questions, as is his personality. No matter what his stance on a topic is, he’ll challenge why I take a particular position. It made for an interesting discussion, one that I’m sure took place over restaurant tables and barstools world-wide yesterday. I understand the pervasive use of performance-enhancing drugs was widely accepted, as well as the underground system of supplying MLB players with prescription drugs. Yet while I can understand it. [lien] [EN]

Why Have the Detroit Tigers Faltered? An Answer from Lee Panas of Tiger Tales

Both during and after an NBA season I offer posts on individual teams centered around two points of view.  First I look at how many wins a team could have expected given the past performance of the players employed.  I then look at how many wins the team could expect given the current performance of the players employed.  By comparing the two studies I am able to determine which players are responsible for the changes we observe for the team. Of course I am not just a fan of basketball.  As a kid the sport I followed most religiously was baseball.  And the team I follow in baseball has always been the Detroit Tigers, who I think are the most disappointing team in Major League Baseball in 2008.  Generally expected to contend for a title, the Tigers have struggled most of the season to escape last place. [lien] [EN]

Usher’s Baby Boy Likely To Be Named… Usher

November 27, 2007 Usher’s Baby Boy Likely To Be Named… Usher Well, you can’t blame the guy. He’s named Usher Raymond IV, which I suppose means he was preceded by Usher Raymonds I, II, and III. That kind of pedigree would put a lot of pressure on anybody. I can’t see Usher breaking the tradition, and naming his son Otis or something. So, Usher Raymond V it is, or so People reports, in its annoucement of the birth of a baby boy — their first child — for newlyweds Usher, and Tameka Foster. Little Usher Raymond V was born yesterday, November 27, in an Atlanta hospital. Usher, 29, and Foster, 36, had announced the pregnancy this summer. They tied the knot in Atlanta on September 1. Save to del.icio.us photo credit: PRPhotos Technorati Tags: celebrity baby names. [lien] [EN]

Name That Party: War

AP named Losing in Iraq its top story in 2006. Winning? That’s only No. 3. Name That Party usually is reserved to show the propensity by news organizations — particularly the Associated Press — to ignore a politician’s political party in a scandal if he’s a Democrat. Republican? That becomes his first name. But this time, shall we consider the War in Iraq. When it appeared hopeless in 2006, AP named it the Top News Story. Said the AP last year: What started in 2003 as a supposedly straightforward drive to topple Saddam Hussein deteriorated during 2006 into a dismayingly complex and savage struggle, with Iraqis by the thousands killed in sectarian reprisal attacks and the U.S. military death toll nearing 3,000. President Bush dropped talk of “staying the course” but balked at embracing many of the key suggestions of a bipartisan study group. [lien] [EN]

The Ten Most Notable Celebrity Baby Names of 2007 — Our Second Annual Review

December 31, 2007 The Ten Most Notable Celebrity Baby Names of 2007 — Our Second Annual Review It’s that time again — time for The Celebrity Baby Names Blog’s annual review of the best, or at least the most notable, celebrity baby names of the year. Last year’s review of the most notable celebrity baby names of 2006 featured a particularly strong field, including Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, Suri Cruise, and Jayden James Spears. How did 2007 measure up? Without superstar names like Cruise or Jolie-Pitt, 2007 still managed to be a year of unusual, fascinating, and occasionally wacky celebrity baby names. It was also a year when traditional names seemed to be popular among the stars, perhaps a result of just too many weird celebrity baby names in recent years. As it was last year. [lien] [EN]

Thoughts on the Mitchell Report

I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy on the sea-shore, diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me. -Sir Isaac Newton It's been four days since the Mitchell Report was released to the public, and while some new people and details have been made known, I don't believe it accomplished what the commissioner thought it would. Because Major League Baseball did not grant Senator Mitchell subpoena power, no one was obliged to speak unless obliged by an outside power. The two major new sources would not have divulged anything without the spectre of criminal charges staring them in the face. At best this report gave us a tiny glimpse of the truth. [lien] [EN]