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John Nordstrom's avatar

Rational: I watch baseball, because I enjoy baseball.

Opportunity cost: What else could I be doing right now?

Optimization: Is the marginal utility of continuing this activity greater than the marginal utility from another activity?

Sunk Cost: I am committed to seeing this activity through to the end.

Consideration of future: Will my team make it back to the World Series in my lifetime? (I am a Mariners fan, so the "back to" is a bad assumption). Will I miss a once in a lifetime happening that I can never see live again?

Experience good: My relative enjoyment of this baseball game is partially based on my past enjoyment of baseball games.

Oligopoly: Playoff teams control more of the baseball market

Game theory: The choices of the other manager, coaches, and players are dependent on the choices of the other teams economic agents.

Other concepts: Random walk, asymmetric information, zero sum game

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Jadrian Wooten's avatar

And this is why sports economics is such a fun class to teach!

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