Comments on: The Game Theory of Stacking Matchups in Your Favor http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/09/16/the-game-theory-of-stacking-matchups-in-your-favor/ Articles on game theory and personal finance Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:43:59 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jimmy Tressor http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/09/16/the-game-theory-of-stacking-matchups-in-your-favor/comment-page-1/#comment-5507 Jimmy Tressor Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:29:37 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/?p=694#comment-5507 With more and more managers turning to statistics with their players, I think we will see an increase in the use of game theory in baseball soon! Here is a cool article about how it could be used in the future: http://www.mindreign.com/en/mindshare/Global-Economics/Game-Theory-e2-80-99s-Potential/sl35291137bp491cpp10pn1.html With more and more managers turning to statistics with their players, I think we will see an increase in the use of game theory in baseball soon! Here is a cool article about how it could be used in the future: http://www.mindreign.com/en/mindshare/Global-Economics/Game-Theory-e2-80-99s-Potential/sl35291137bp491cpp10pn1.html

]]> By: Tim http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/09/16/the-game-theory-of-stacking-matchups-in-your-favor/comment-page-1/#comment-5223 Tim Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:44:11 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/?p=694#comment-5223 Team chess matches have used "stacking" blatant examples are actually considered cheating Team chess matches have used “stacking” blatant examples are actually considered cheating

]]> By: Presh Talwalkar http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/09/16/the-game-theory-of-stacking-matchups-in-your-favor/comment-page-1/#comment-2647 Presh Talwalkar Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:51:28 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/?p=694#comment-2647 <b><em>Aaron</b></em>: That is good intuition on how using a pitcher again in a playoff series outweighs other issues. My friend's preliminary analysis about stacking suggests the same. It's nice to use rigorous statistics to confirm things when games can translate into big bucks. I still feel there is some importance to the workplace application. Sometimes the marketing pitches are scheduled so close together that people can't be present for more than one meeting. Companies have to prioritize talent. The situation I had in mind was an industry with relatively few firms and a limited supply of talent--like consulting. Aaron:
That is good intuition on how using a pitcher again in a playoff series outweighs other issues. My friend’s preliminary analysis about stacking suggests the same. It’s nice to use rigorous statistics to confirm things when games can translate into big bucks.

I still feel there is some importance to the workplace application. Sometimes the marketing pitches are scheduled so close together that people can’t be present for more than one meeting. Companies have to prioritize talent. The situation I had in mind was an industry with relatively few firms and a limited supply of talent–like consulting.

]]> By: Aaron http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/09/16/the-game-theory-of-stacking-matchups-in-your-favor/comment-page-1/#comment-2645 Aaron Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:05:40 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/?p=694#comment-2645 I find baseball marginally less interesting than watching paint dry, but I was under the impression that part of why teams often use their best pitcher in the first game was so that the same pitcher can rest and be ready to play again later in the same series. Partly I think stacking loses value in a professional setting - presumably there isn't such a vast difference in talent level that no pitcher is "unbeatable," so your best interest is in trying to win every game rather than forfeiting one. This likely does not hold true at lower levels of competition. I find baseball marginally less interesting than watching paint dry, but I was under the impression that part of why teams often use their best pitcher in the first game was so that the same pitcher can rest and be ready to play again later in the same series.

Partly I think stacking loses value in a professional setting – presumably there isn’t such a vast difference in talent level that no pitcher is “unbeatable,” so your best interest is in trying to win every game rather than forfeiting one. This likely does not hold true at lower levels of competition.

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