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Baseball MFEs: Why Is 82-80 2 Games Over .500, Not 1 Game?
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Date: September 30th, 2024 8:25 PM Author: Filthy Olive Theater Puppy this has always bothered me. i get *why* the way it's always said makes sense, i.e., if you're 82-80, you can lose 2 games and still be .500
but i still think "1 game over .500" is the more accurate nomenclature because if you're 82-80 and you lost one game you won, then you'd be at .500. one flipped game putting you from over .500 to .500, to me, means you're 1 game over .500
beep beep beep and all, but this has always bothered the fuck out of me. neither is wrong per se. i just think the way it's not done is more right. |
Date: September 30th, 2024 8:26 PM Author: adulterous public bath deer antler i just cannot believe you are anything besides a long running false flag antisemetic operator. it's really impeccable (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310905",#48147943) |
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Date: September 30th, 2024 8:28 PM Author: Filthy Olive Theater Puppy ? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310905",#48147952) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:58 AM Author: adulterous public bath deer antler Which part did you not understand (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310905",#48149021) |
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Date: September 30th, 2024 8:26 PM Author: Spectacular Voyeur Newt I think you've more or less accurately described the phenomenon (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310905",#48147944) |
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Date: September 30th, 2024 8:41 PM Author: Thriller Round Eye Because 82 is 2 more than 80. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310905",#48147983) |
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Date: September 30th, 2024 8:42 PM Author: Filthy Olive Theater Puppy but 82 is 1 more than ( 82+80 ) / 2 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310905",#48147991) |
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Date: September 30th, 2024 8:42 PM Author: Startling school cafeteria Because 82-80 = 2. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310905",#48147989) |
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Date: September 30th, 2024 8:43 PM Author: Filthy Olive Theater Puppy but 82 - ( 82+80 ) / 2 = 1
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Date: September 30th, 2024 8:44 PM Author: Thriller Round Eye ? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310905",#48147998) |
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Date: September 30th, 2024 8:45 PM Author: Startling school cafeteria Yes, if you take the math i did and then halve it, you get 1. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310905",#48148001) |
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Date: September 30th, 2024 8:48 PM Author: Filthy Olive Theater Puppy your and dupa's poasts are low iq simpleton shit. epah at least gave a credible answer that makes sense. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310905",#48148013) |
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Date: September 30th, 2024 8:49 PM Author: Thriller Round Eye If you are 82-80 and lose 1 game, you are 82-81 which would then be 1 game over .500. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310905",#48148017) |
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Date: September 30th, 2024 8:56 PM Author: Filthy Olive Theater Puppy this is circular reasoning and jewish sophistry. your new statement is only true if your original statmement is true (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310905",#48148045) |
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Date: September 30th, 2024 8:58 PM Author: Thriller Round Eye Imagine if we started accusing each other of being Jews like rsf and tmf. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310905",#48148051) |
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Date: September 30th, 2024 8:58 PM Author: Filthy Olive Theater Puppy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310905",#48148052) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 12:07 AM Author: Cobalt aromatic heaven (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310905",#48148621) |
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Date: September 30th, 2024 9:54 PM Author: Startling school cafeteria You think that the insight here is that, while it might be possible to do things to change the outcome of future games, it is not so possible with games that have already been played? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310905",#48148217) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:41 AM Author: Filthy Olive Theater Puppy i get this argument (first raised by epah below), and it's the best argument itt. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310905",#48148996) |
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Date: September 30th, 2024 8:43 PM Author: Exciting institution Because they're almost always talking about this stat prospectively -- how the team can either get up to 500, or drop below 500.
It would be weird to talk about how if only they hadn't lost that squeaker to the Rays in the bottom of the 9th back in June, they would be 500 right now. |
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Date: September 30th, 2024 8:46 PM Author: Filthy Olive Theater Puppy i disagree. we're often talking about sports in terms of "if only [one close game] went the other way, then..." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310905",#48148008) |
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Date: September 30th, 2024 8:51 PM Author: Exciting institution Don't think so, mate. It's used interchangeably with "two games back" IME (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310905",#48148024) |
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Date: September 30th, 2024 8:54 PM Author: House-broken out-of-control spot not in the middle of a season
what you're describing is the logic that is used for in-season record comparisons between teams. you're a half game above or below a team if you have one more win or one more loss, which means they haven't completed the same number of games to be able to have the same record.
when people talk about being a game over .500 the intuition they're relying on is that if the team loses the next one game they are back to .500. it's with respect to that team itself over time. two different conventions for two different things. |
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Date: September 30th, 2024 8:44 PM Author: Citrine concupiscible property headpube would you like to discuss innings pitched? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310905",#48147999) |
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Date: September 30th, 2024 8:47 PM Author: Filthy Olive Theater Puppy rofl. when i score a game, i refuse to use .1 / .2 and use actual fractions (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310905",#48148009) |
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Date: September 30th, 2024 8:50 PM Author: amber digit ratio whorehouse Because this point is raised in the context of discussing how the season might turn out, given the games that have already been played (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310905",#48148020) |
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Date: September 30th, 2024 8:51 PM Author: Exciting institution (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310905",#48148025) |
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Date: September 30th, 2024 8:54 PM Author: Swollen Mind-boggling Box Office Roommate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310905",#48148041) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:50 AM Author: buff racy kitchen kitty cat (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310905",#48149013) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:59 AM Author: Filthy Olive Theater Puppy this answer (also expressed by epah) is the best answer itt (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310905",#48149022) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 8:27 AM Author: fragrant water buffalo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310905",#48149067) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 12:09 AM Author: razzmatazz zippy hospital prole Because it is also possible to be 81-80 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310905",#48148629) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 1:18 AM Author: Glittery orchestra pit tank (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310905",#48148738) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:40 AM Author: Filthy Olive Theater Puppy this is low iq sophistry. at 81-80, you could be either 1 game or a 1/2 game over .500 depending on how you hold. using 81-80 doesnt prove which position is better. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310905",#48148994) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 9:09 AM Author: Heady crawly useless brakes ticket booth gas yourself (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310905",#48149156) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 1:24 AM Author: cerebral cuck "because if you're 82-80 and you lost one game you won, then you'd be at .500."
And if you lose the next game, you still won't be down to .500. So what? |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 1:46 AM Author: cerebral cuck Why is Djokovic considered to have 4 more grand slams than Federer if Federer lost 4 grand slam finals to Djokovic? If Federer won just one of those, then he'd have only 2 less slams! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310905",#48148762) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:44 AM Author: Filthy Olive Theater Puppy "x more grand slams than" is totally different than "x games over 500"
this is totally stupid because they dont play H2H in every grand slam final.
the appropriate tennis analogy is that djoker is 31-29 h2h over lance. i'd say djoker is one match over .500 in the h2h because if any one of those 60 matches flipped, they'd be at .500. they're never playing again so lance cant just win 2 to settle the score |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 8:36 PM Author: cerebral cuck You're retarded (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310905",#48151960) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 8:27 AM Author: Purple razzle turdskin rehab It’s insane this thread has even one reply (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310905",#48149064) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 8:51 AM Author: Filthy Olive Theater Puppy anyone who cant see both sides of this issue, even if you agree that 2 games over .500 is the much better position, is a low iq dullard (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310905",#48149111) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 9:12 AM Author: Cracking vengeful church building Just goes to show there is no opinion so stupid you can't run flame on xo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310905",#48149160) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 8:33 PM Author: Sepia domesticated crackhouse Talmud Hypothetical
Team A is 82-80 Team B is 82-79
How many games “behind” is Team B? |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 8:52 PM Author: Filthy Olive Theater Puppy everyone agrees this is 1/2 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310905",#48152006) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 8:37 PM Author: Pale base best troll this week (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310905",#48151963) |