schadenfrOide up in yer paywall

Posted in schadenfrOide on October 22nd, 2011 by The Wayward O

Couple things in life we know for sure: Internet getting expensive, pale ale remains delicious and you can’t f*ck with a chipwich!

Also, when Blog blasts mobile thoughts related to Alex Rodriguez, paper of record listens!


Via NY Times

Anyway, you’re more than Welcome, Mr. Fancy City Room Man. Blog is free and always will be. Hahaha. Get it?

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rOad win percentage

Posted in octOber on October 4th, 2011 by The Wayward O

Sox by Prox: I like it
The Wayward O: It’s fun to do
Sox by Prox: Have you considered adding uncertainty negative points?
The Wayward O: [Blog thinks] there’s an underlying assumption that all teams in playoffs have liabilities
Sox by Prox: Makes sense. Playing a little devil’s advocate
The Wayward O: Got any examples in mind?
Sox by Prox: Not really. I was thinking if the Yankees had to wind up starting someone like A.J. Burnett
The Wayward O: Even a Burnett sighting would fall under umbrella of randomness
People that give [Blog] most sh*t about system are statheads who hate RBI. But RBI qualifier, because it looks at past as opposed to future, helps avoid arbitrary cap on how many games a guy has to have played to be considered. That said, it’s still a bit arbitrary
Sox by Prox: Well it would have to be, right? Any time you’re going to make a judgment about stats, you’re going to have to draw an “arbitrary” line somewhere
I’m not a big baseball guy, but the 100 RBI doesn’t bother me. My biggest question is the 54 home wins. Why 54?
The Wayward O: It says you win two out of every three home games. To me it translates to certainty
Sox by Prox: Got it
The Wayward O: You’d be surprised how hard that is to do. Only Milwaukee did it this year
[Blog supposes] if someone ever managed some sick number of road wins, there could be a point in there for them too.
Sox by Prox: 3/5 maybe
The Wayward O: One criteria [Blog] had when figuring out what would be worth looking at was: Was it hard? Was it difficult?Like 3/5 notion a lot. Bet few if any teams have a .600 road win percentage, which would be 49 road wins [checks Baseball Reference] Philly was only MLB team this year to eclipse that mark with 50 road wins
But even if you gave Philly another point this year it doesn’t affect seedings

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