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Playoffs is a crapshoot? How does 6 seeds fair in the playoffs compared to other seeds?
11/24/2009 6:51 PM
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Also, didn't you bail on MG because you couldn't hack it? Right. You keep leaving that detail out.
11/24/2009 6:51 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted By plague on 11/24/2009Playoffs is a crapshoot? How does 6 seeds fair in the playoffs compared to other seeds
Ask leppy! HE made the WS as one.

Actually I don't know if that's true...but I bet they fare better than you think they do.
11/24/2009 6:54 PM
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Then there's this... You play 75 seasons, I play 76.

Record vs. leppykahn: 57-68 (.456)

And this, triple the titles. 2+ x the pennants, nearly double the division titles, 800 extra wins, You 14x as many seasons below 65 wins. 50% more 90+ win seasons.

You aren't even in the same class, OJ.

Record vs. leppykahn:57-68 (.456)
Record vs. leppykahn:57-68 (.456)


Record vs. leppykahn:57-68 (.456)
11/24/2009 6:55 PM
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Quote: Originally posted by tropicana on 11/24/2009You had more success in the playoffs?  Again, this all seems like lies.  I won 4 division titles, all while you won two.You made one WS, congrats, otherwise our playoff record is identical.  Your assertion isn't that the playoffs are a crapshoot?  Because we ALL know that's true.  But since you like arguing the false side of arguments, perhaps you'd like to argue that the best team ALWAYS wins the World Series?

Your statement that the playoffs is a crapshoot is a false statement. I have shown multiple studies backed with statistics that show that the higher seeds win more playoffs than the lower seeds. While a 6 seed can win a world series, its far from a crapshoot. 6 Seeds winning worlds series is highly uncommon. 4th seeds on average win many more world series than 6 seeds.
11/24/2009 6:55 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted By leppykahn on 11/24/2009
Quote: Originally Posted By tropicana on 11/24/2009
To be fair, I just ran a team into the ground and stayed...but still, half as many division titles.
Great, you won 2 division titles, winning less than my 3rd place finishes. Woohoo! Big accomplishment there turbo. You had what... 5 seasons with worse finishes than my worst one?

What a moronic argument. My overall record is better, my playoff success is better, but my division was stacked.

FYI, these are the two lies. I like that Violent Femmes song, by the way. The chorus goes, "Lies lies lies lies lieslieslieslies...Lies lies lies lies lies lies lies."
11/24/2009 6:55 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted By tropicana on 11/24/2009Also, didn't you bail on MG because you couldn't hack it? Right. You keep leaving that detail out
It's not even worth bothering with. I plan on making a return when I am not playing only with reward points.
11/24/2009 6:56 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted By plague on 11/24/2009
Quote: Originally posted by tropicana on 11/24/2009
You had more success in the playoffs? Again, this all seems like lies. I won 4 division titles, all while you won two.

You made one WS, congrats, otherwise our playoff record is identical. Your assertion isn't that the playoffs are a crapshoot? Because we ALL know that's true.

But since you like arguing the false side of arguments, perhaps you'd like to argue that the best team ALWAYS wins the World Series?

Your statement that the playoffs is a crapshoot is a false statement. I have shown multiple studies backed with statistics that show that the higher seeds win more playoffs than the lower seeds. While a 6 seed can win a world series, its far from a crapshoot. 6 Seeds winning worlds series is highly uncommon. 4th seeds on average win many more world series than 6 seeds.
This, I think, is where you're misinterpreting your data -- do you have the average record for both of those seeds?

There have been numerous times in many of my worlds where the #6 seed has a far better record than the #4 seed....
11/24/2009 6:57 PM
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Leppy, you're an idiot. Again, play in a real world. Just give it a shot. Come on back to MG, I'll even vote for you! And then I'll beat you like the red-headed step child you are.
11/24/2009 6:58 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted By plague on 11/24/2009
Quote: Originally posted by tropicana on 11/24/2009
You had more success in the playoffs? Again, this all seems like lies. I won 4 division titles, all while you won two.

You made one WS, congrats, otherwise our playoff record is identical. Your assertion isn't that the playoffs are a crapshoot? Because we ALL know that's true.

But since you like arguing the false side of arguments, perhaps you'd like to argue that the best team ALWAYS wins the World Series?

Your statement that the playoffs is a crapshoot is a false statement. I have shown multiple studies backed with statistics that show that the higher seeds win more playoffs than the lower seeds. While a 6 seed can win a world series, its far from a crapshoot. 6 Seeds winning worlds series is highly uncommon. 4th seeds on average win many more world series than 6 seeds


I'd wager 5th seeds fare better than 4th seeds though. 6th seeds are commonly better than 4th seeds, but 5th seeds are regularly better (recordwise at least) than 4th seeds.

I hate 4 team divisions.
11/24/2009 6:59 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted By tropicana on 11/24/2009Leppy, you're an idiot. Again, play in a real world. Just give it a shot. Come on back to MG, I'll even vote for you! And then I'll beat you like the red-headed step child you are
Or you can come to hunter and get beaten like a child.

I'm not making any return trips soon, I'll probably drop another team while the economy is screwed.
11/24/2009 7:01 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted By leppykahn on 11/24/2009
Quote: Originally Posted By plague on 11/24/2009

Quote: Originally posted by tropicana on 11/24/2009

You had more success in the playoffs? Again, this all seems like lies. I won 4 division titles, all while you won two.

You made one WS, congrats, otherwise our playoff record is identical. Your assertion isn't that the playoffs are a crapshoot? Because we ALL know that's true.

But since you like arguing the false side of arguments, perhaps you'd like to argue that the best team ALWAYS wins the World Series?

Your statement that the playoffs is a crapshoot is a false statement. I have shown multiple studies backed with statistics that show that the higher seeds win more playoffs than the lower seeds. While a 6 seed can win a world series, its far from a crapshoot. 6 Seeds winning worlds series is highly uncommon. 4th seeds on average win many more world series than 6 seeds.



I'd wager 5th seeds fare better than 4th seeds though. 6th seeds are commonly better than 4th seeds, but 5th seeds are regularly better (recordwise at least) than 4th seeds.

I hate 4 team divisions.
Yeah, same argument different name. Just went through my four leagues that either just finished the playoffs or are currently in them. Small sample, I know.

But the 6 seed had a better record than the 4 seed every single time -- all 8 of them.

Which, as leppy deftly pointed out, means the 5 seed also has at least that much better of a record than the 4 seed. Most likely even more.

All of this lending some credence to the playoffs being something of a crapshoot...
11/24/2009 7:03 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted By leppykahn on 11/24/2009
Quote: Originally Posted By tropicana on 11/24/2009
Leppy, you're an idiot. Again, play in a real world. Just give it a shot. Come on back to MG, I'll even vote for you! And then I'll beat you like the red-headed step child you are.
Or you can come to hunter and get beaten like a child.

I'm not making any return trips soon, I'll probably drop another team while the economy is screwed.



Filled in for a season in Hunter once and wasn't a fan. We talked about that then as I recall.
11/24/2009 7:04 PM
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Nobody gives a **** about your ******* contest.
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