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> it's the World Series wins that count, eventually. Everything else is irrelevant. This is an outrageously dumb post for a site that is supposed to be full of
by icelancer 12y ago
> it's the World Series wins that count, eventually. Everything else is irrelevant.
This is an outrageously dumb post for a site that is supposed to be full of people who understand remedial mathematics and statistics.
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- dragonwriter 12y agoBaseball is business, heavily marketing dependent, and World Series wins are a big marketing deal. Metrics that don't measure what the customers are actually buying the product for are bad metrics. World Series wins may in one sense be a very poor reflection of some abstract idea of "team quality", but at the same time be the most important single measure when it comes to the ability of a team to drive demand for its products (tickets, licensed goods, etc.) Understanding statistics is one team, understanding what matters in a particular market is another.
- icelancer 12y agoWhat the "customer" wants is unfortunately very good luck. And that is something you cannot give to them. Unless you can prove Billy's performance in the playoffs is heavily dependent on skill. I look forward to your analysis. (You may want to note that no one else has been able to do this, and many have tried.)