Baseball Dynasties

[sweaver]

Just got this one and read it. Pretty good book by Neyer and Epstein. Just wondered if people agreed with their conclusion of the 1939 Bombers as the best team ever?

[gyb13]

Their conclusion was based on their methodology.
The question should thus be: do you agree with using standard deviations to assess a dynasty?

[Xanadu Dragon]

I agree!

http://www.netshrine.com/bestteam.html

[gyb13]

Interesting article, Steve. And I'm sure you were happy that Epstein/Neyer's book supported your assertion.

[Xanadu Dragon]

Thanks G! And, let the record state, I named them first! ;)

[SmedIndy]

I liked the book. However, I think they overly discounted the teams from the dead ball era.

[gyb13]

Originally posted by SmedIndy
I liked the book. However, I think they overly discounted the teams from the dead ball era.
How so?

[sweaver]

From their methodology, the greatest of all time would actually be the 1998 Yankees.

Thoughts?

[SmedIndy]

Originally posted by gyb13

How so?

From what I recall, it seemed that subjectively, they both discounted the 1906 Cubs and rated them below what the numbers said they should and then made some perjorative comment about dead-ball era teams.