tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-747236263452087289.post7970684382402199151..comments2024-01-09T05:19:39.331-05:00Comments on Ghostrunner on First: The Square Root of the Sum of the Squares of the Other Two SidesDrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271534213351978408noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-747236263452087289.post-10103636017125977842008-04-28T14:21:00.000-04:002008-04-28T14:21:00.000-04:00Yah, it's been just sick. Everyone usually goes on...Yah, it's been just sick. Everyone usually goes on about how "inconsistent" the offense is, but if they had distributed their runs a little less evenly so far they would have won another 3-4 games. I'm just scared to bring up pythag because it almost seems like the Jays are a case study in how to defy it. What could be causing that? No closer for most of that period? Team *shudder* strategy??halejonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08705691174123402548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-747236263452087289.post-72959740740195227152008-04-27T14:48:00.000-04:002008-04-27T14:48:00.000-04:00That is just it! They're already -3, through 25 g...That is just it! They're already -3, through 25 games. Their luck is magnified by the sample size.Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07271534213351978408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-747236263452087289.post-26211145085734205292008-04-27T13:44:00.000-04:002008-04-27T13:44:00.000-04:00I hear yah- no team does this bad in 1 or 2 run ga...I hear yah- no team does this bad in 1 or 2 run games for long. But their performance since 2000 does look like they've found a way to consistently underperform their pythag. <BR/><BR/>2008: -3<BR/>2007: -3<BR/>2006: +1<BR/>2005: -7<BR/>2004: -4<BR/>2003: -1<BR/>2002: -2<BR/>2001: -3<BR/><BR/>2000!!!!: +6<BR/><BR/>Ughhh....that's a lot of luck.halejonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08705691174123402548noreply@blogger.com