I don't know that I'd get too excited about the lead going from three games (if I remember correctly) to five. That doesn't strike me as a sea change. The injury to Jeon is going to hurt LA though.
I don't think I've ever seen two teams so close in the standings with such wildly divergent Pythagorean records. That strikes me as truly remarkable.
A truly interesting thing is how close you and I are when looking at Pythagorean Standings.
Mack: 74-20 Nate: 71-23
So in terms of run differential we're seperated by 3 games. But on the field it's 12 games.
Now Mack overperforming by two wins. That's likely due to his being 6-0 in Extra Inning games. Being 5 games over in 1 run games (a major distorter of PythStd) doesn't hurt as well. Essentially, both of those are random events.
I, on the other hand, am 7 games underperforming. Largely due to being 12-15 in 1 run games. But that shouldn't account for the whole difference.
Michael, on the other hand, is performing 10 games up. His 9-2 in extras and 22-7 in 1 run games accounts for his stronger-than-expected performance. Without that this would be a runaway as it is in the Adams league.
Please. Your ad hoc rationalizations cannot take away from the dominance shown by the Monarchs this season. Your Paddled-boys are in for a rough October again. Just think how Michael will taunt you for a third consecutive Cup defeat.
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I don't actually disagree with anything you said. If you had some real hitters manning third base and catcher, it might be even closer.
On a unrelated note, scoring in the Zotti League is way up so far. League ERA has gone from 3.90 in 2010 up to 4.23. Adams has gone from 3.95 to 4.01, so that's a small switch.
Nice to open up a little more room there. Feeling the pinch, Michael?
ReplyDeleteI don't know that I'd get too excited about the lead going from three games (if I remember correctly) to five. That doesn't strike me as a sea change. The injury to Jeon is going to hurt LA though.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I've ever seen two teams so close in the standings with such wildly divergent Pythagorean records. That strikes me as truly remarkable.
Well, that and my on-pace-for-130-wins team.
A truly interesting thing is how close you and I are when looking at Pythagorean Standings.
ReplyDeleteMack: 74-20
Nate: 71-23
So in terms of run differential we're seperated by 3 games. But on the field it's 12 games.
Now Mack overperforming by two wins. That's likely due to his being 6-0 in Extra Inning games. Being 5 games over in 1 run games (a major distorter of PythStd) doesn't hurt as well. Essentially, both of those are random events.
I, on the other hand, am 7 games underperforming. Largely due to being 12-15 in 1 run games. But that shouldn't account for the whole difference.
Michael, on the other hand, is performing 10 games up. His 9-2 in extras and 22-7 in 1 run games accounts for his stronger-than-expected performance. Without that this would be a runaway as it is in the Adams league.
Please. Your ad hoc rationalizations cannot take away from the dominance shown by the Monarchs this season. Your Paddled-boys are in for a rough October again. Just think how Michael will taunt you for a third consecutive Cup defeat.
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I don't actually disagree with anything you said. If you had some real hitters manning third base and catcher, it might be even closer.
On a unrelated note, scoring in the Zotti League is way up so far. League ERA has gone from 3.90 in 2010 up to 4.23. Adams has gone from 3.95 to 4.01, so that's a small switch.
Nate: You may yet beat me, again, for the ZL pennant, but watching you get swept by Mack will make up for that sting.
ReplyDeleteMack: You better hope Nate outlasts me, because you know you're my bitch in the Cup.
You just keep amusing yourself, boy.
ReplyDeleteHey Mack! If scoring is up how impressive is it that my starter's ERAs are:
2.25
2.28
2.52
3.15
4.01
Gonna be one hell of a series.
I agree. It will be one hell of a series that ends exactly like the last two.
ReplyDeleteThree-peat.
Three-peat.
Three-peat.
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