+ I asked Dan about this article, Ten politically incorrect truths about human nature, and he was kind enough to give his opinion. Interesting stuff. There's a rebuttal here that I haven't read yet.
+ Cub fans must always hold onto hope in their hearts. So I took notice of the brief in SI that said one Baseball Prospectus formula has the Cubs making the World Series this year.
But not winning. Can't decide if that would be a good thing or not. Pretty sure I don't want the Vikings to go again if they're not going to win. Don't want to be the only team who's been 5 times without tasting the 'Sup' (thank you, Buffalo).
Yes, the Phillies are the losingest professional team in sports. But at least they one won World Series.
Monday, July 16
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I leave it to Kanazawa to rebutt the rebuttal, but both Gelman (on his blog) and Nexon (in his comment) read more into both the article and the rebuttal than what is actually there. I commented on this over at tdaxp.
thanks, Dan :-)
I don't like the thing about calling the Phillies the "losingest" team in pro sports, because the comparison's unfair. They're a franchise that's been around since the early 20th century, and they play in a sport where a season has always been at least 140 games. I know that 10,000 is a nice round number, but sooner or later every team will have lost that many games, and if we're comparing their rate of losing to, say, football teams (16 games a year), then we need to look at all-time winning percentages, yes? I'd be dead certain that over their history the Arizona Cardinals or the LA Clippers have lost more frequently, percentage wise, than the Phillies.
(I'm sure this already occurred to you, but it bugs me nonetheless, kind of like how the all-time box office list is never adjusted for inflation, so the blockbuster of the current year is always one of the very top moneymakers of all time, but does anybody really think that more people saw Spiderman 3 than Star Wars or ET??!!)
you're right, of course, Jaq. like so many things in sports, that title is arbitrary. like the Packers having like 500 titles (most before the AFC/NFC merger.
one won. nice.
if err please allow for the edit to not occur. the 1st complete manuscript i wrote with sd was 'hello halo', which made me happy (it was a sd title) and had a visual poem within entitled rectangles wreckedangels, also a sd title (a 9.11 piece)
td
it was an error, and, because you asked, i will leave it.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
;-)
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