good article. http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/is- ... /undefined

current baseball models are getting worse at determining what wins games.

What about Danks??

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Shocking.

Had the Cubs @ 85
Sox @ 78



They should have contacted me , not some turd from The east or west coast.

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I just went back and looked at Baseball Prospectus's 2015 pre-season AL picks by their 45 staff members. Yikes!

AL East
Team -- Average -- First-Place Votes
Boston Red Sox -- 1.38 -- 34
Toronto Blue Jays -- 2.62 -- 5
Baltimore Orioles -- 3.13 -- 2
New York Yankees -- 3.89 -- 2
Tampa Bay Rays -- 4 -- 1

AL Central
Team -- Average -- First-Place Votes
Detroit Tigers -- 1.69 -- 18
Cleveland Indians -- 1.73 -- 22
Chicago White Sox -- 2.78 -- 5
Kansas City Royals -- 3.75 -- 0
Minnesota Twins -- 4.98 -- 0

AL West
Team -- Average -- First-Place Votes
Seattle Mariners -- 1.58 -- 24
Los Angeles Angels -- 1.67 -- 21
Oakland Athletics -- 2.8 -- 0
Houston Astros -- 4.38 -- 0
Texas Rangers -- 4.58 -- 0

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The emperor has no clothes, boys. It's funny that you can use all the latest computer models, piss on batting average and RBI, create esoteric statistics and all manner of high-minded concepts and still predict the same outcomes as Rick Telander.

Bottom line: It's a funny game.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

so what you're saying is the Sox could win the World Series next year. You wanna split a season ticket package?

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Only the White Sox don't pay attention to the Bible that is Baseball Prospectus.

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Only 12 games off on the Cubs! Definitely bragworthy!

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!