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That sounds really far fetched.

It matters in that you might have a .05% better chance of winning on one card than another. If they know which card gives them the best chance though, they should be buying 10 of that card and not that one of that card plus 9 inferior cards.

It's not surprising that it is so rare for a team to win back to back championships in baseball. Due to the randomness in baseball results, it is mathematically very unlikely that a team that makes the playoffs two years will win both years. If we assume 100% randomness, it's less than a 2% chance. It's probably not 100% random, so maybe a 5% chance. And of course, a team has to actually make the playoffs twice in order to have any chance of repeating.

I put the eight finalists through a random number generator and came up with Los Angeles and Houston. Houston is winning it all.

I thought this was going to be a thread about the MLB post-season.

I hate when they purchase 10 tickets and instead of buying 10 of the same type they have to buy 10 different tickets. They choose deliberately like what ticket they buy makes a difference.

And he'd be one again if it was to his personal advantage in any way.

The problem is stocks usually take a dive too when interest rates go up.

I bought a tiny bit of Merck about 25 years ago just for fun and never sold it. Although still tiny, It has grown immensely. Other than that, I have invested almost entirely in mutual funds. It's probably less fun, but it feels safer and more practical than investing in individual stocks.

They didn't want it enough.

And there is still a wildcard remaining. It is not 100% random, but there is enough randomness to make the outcomes practically meaningless beyond entertainment value.

Yes, It always comes down to the players! I like that we can dream again.

I don't think this year's improvement is as anomalous as people are saying. They finished 77-85. It is not uncommon for previously poor teams to make that kind of jump especially with an infusion of young players. What I do I like is the apparent new direction of the franchise in terms of management, coaching and analytics.

This article is old, but it indicates that catchers tend to peak at the same age as players at other positions. https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/569/catcher-career-paths-do-they-peak-later/

Avila said he would add a catcher and he also does what he says he's going to do even if we don't necessarily like his choices.

BBL=Be Back Later

I have gone to sleep before every night playoff game has ended.

Speaking of gambling: https://www.golfdigest.com/story/report-details-criminal-record-of-james-adducci-the-gambler-who-won-dollar12-million-on-tiger-woods-masters-victory That's not him though. Our Jim Adduci would never allow himself to be caught.

Addiction markets usually do well.

Yeah, it's been this way for a while, but now I'm a grumpy old man, so I complain about it. As for viewership, I think young fans follow sports differently today. They gamble on games or play fantasy sports jumping from game to game or watching highlights on twitter. So, I don't know than an extra round will affect viewership. We'll see.

More importantly, of course, he had a 58 OPS+ this year and 73 lifetime.

I don't like the post-season because it has gotten too long and the whole thing just seems meaningless. The Red Sox and Braves will probably make the World Series because they got hot at the right time. The media will claim that they won because they wanted it more or they play the game right or some kind of silly narrative. It's fun if the Tigers are in it. If the Tigers sneak in with 88 wins and then win the World Series, it will be entertaining, but it won't feel like a true championship like 68 or 84.

One could argue that Trump was the choice of the media as they haven't stopped talking about him for five years. They have enriched each other greatly.

There* I hate not being able to edit. 😃

Yes, that is very disturbing.