Poblano unmasked! (originally posted in GD)

[featherman]

The mysterious Poblano of fivethirtyeight.com electoral analysis site revealed today that he is in fact sportswriter and baseball analyst Nate Silver of the Baseball Prospectus:

"There are certain pleasures in writing anonymously. Particularly in the political world, where there is a whole mythology associated with anonymity -- think Deep Throat or Primary Colors or Atrios. But I'm fortunate enough to have been granted the opportunity to develop some relationships with larger outlets (you should see these coming to fruition very soon). And it just ain't very professional to keep referring to yourself as a chili pepper.

My real name is Nate Silver and my principal occupation has been as a writer, analyst and partner at a sports media company called Baseball Prospectus. What we do over there and what I'm doing over here are really quite similar. Both baseball and politics are data-driven industries."

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com /

Also here is the baseball site:

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/

[redqueen]

1. Glad he's not afraid to unmask!

:hi:

[featherman]

2. I'm just a fan of his website and analysis so I found it interesting

His methodology and track record has been gaining respect in political circles and he does allude to some upcoming "relationships with larger outlets" that I thought newsworthy

[Coexist]

4. I wonder what the new endeavor is that he is hinting at.

[BlooInBloo]

3. Cool, I guess. Just doesn't make much difference to me.