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Wednesday, October 26, 2005Mediocrity Reigns: White Sox 2005 ChampionsNothing against the White Sox - just consider this a preemptive strike against all the BTF'ers who will make snide comparisons to the 2002 Angels in the coming weeks (a battle I'm tired of fighting):
One question: does Jerry Reinsdorf cough up the cash for Doug Eddings' ring?PYTH RANK* 2005 CHS 91-71 4th 2004 BOS 96-99 1st 2003 FLA 87-75 6th 2002 ANA 101-61 1st 2001 ARI 95-67 1st 2000 NYY 85-76 6th 1999 NYY 96-66 1st 1998 NYY 108-54 1st 1997 FLA 88-74 4th 1996 NYY 88-74 4th 1995 ATL 84-60 1st Comments:It's interesting that over the last 11 years, only the best (6 times), 4th best (3 times), and 6th best (twice) by pythagorean record have won the World Series. Where are those 2nd and 3rd best teams? So what would you get if you added in all of the playoff games? The Sox dominated the postseason to the tune of 67-34. That surely makes them look better. Ummm... you might want to signify that that your Pythagorean Standings is ranking by league rather then best in the majors because Arizona certainly didn't have the best Pythagorean record in 2001 Anon: If you add in the playoffs (though I don't know why you would...) the Sox get a Pyth% of .588, which translates to a 95 win season over 162 games. I may be a little loose on the "no anonymous commenting" rule, but anonymous shit-talkers get deleted. Grow a pair, will ya? A team's Pythagorean record is how you expect that team to perform given its runs scored and runs against. It's how you can tell if a team was "lucky" (like the 2005 White Sox, who won 8 more games than would have been expected) or unlucky. |
