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11-03-2010, 02:47 PM
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Red Ox Dynasty
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"If Payrolls Decided Baseball Games" and other oddities
http://www.flipflopflyin.com/flipflo...lsdecided.html
Kind of an interesting website, with some fun and interesting graphics related to the game. Hope you all find this interesting! 
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11-03-2010, 02:51 PM
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Viva la Rolen
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Re: "If Payrolls Decided Baseball Games" and other oddities
Fun but misguided in the structure.
Saying the Cubs should have gone 162-0...that just discredits the results. Maybe have it done using probability vis a vis payroll ratio between the 2 teams. According to this a 161-1 Cubs team underperformed. |
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11-03-2010, 02:54 PM
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Red Ox Dynasty
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Re: "If Payrolls Decided Baseball Games" and other oddities
I don't think the author is trying to draw any conclusions at all; from what I see the blog is a simple collection of baseball oddities (like his overlap of the three current Yankees logos, or his bobblehead giveaway chart).
Kind of fun to look at but not useful for anything further.
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11-03-2010, 05:42 PM
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Stat Wanker Hodiernus
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Re: "If Payrolls Decided Baseball Games" and other oddities
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It's just a fun way to think about payroll. In fact, it makes the point pretty clearly that while payoll helps, it's hardly fate.
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11-03-2010, 07:43 PM
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11-05-2010, 12:44 PM
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