Comments | zedsdeadbaby: Realignment

zedsdeadbaby

Realignment

Feb 04, 2006 06:29

Earlier today in Lit Foundations, I was thinking about how it's not really fair that most teams have to contend with four teams for a division title, while NL Central teams must compete with five and AL West teams only need compete with three. The Wild Card evens things out in a bit in terms of "deserving" a playoff spot, but it's inherently ( Read more... )

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iwishicouldwink February 5 2006, 20:12:55 UTC

I'm in Lit Foundations, too. What are you reading?

great_unibrow February 9 2006, 10:32:43 UTC

First: Why did the Yankees only play 160 games in 2001 ( ... )

zedsdeadbaby February 9 2006, 10:51:17 UTC

I'd like to systematically evaluate how often PECOTA and other projections actually predict how players will do. Baseball is a game of streaks, and if you're usually insanely good for one week out of six, what if one year you're insanely good for one week out of five; you'll look like you were that much better. Of course this is very simplified, but you get the point ( ... )