The Bryant-Could-Have-Made-A-Difference-By-Staying-In-Iowa-O-Meter

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It seems so obvious, Rick. Why can't some people get it?

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Sox fans.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

What else are they going to do? They can't cheer for their own team.

K.Bryant will be fine. Now you know why GM's don't like their star prospects to play their first series at home. Way too much pressure.

good dolphin wins again.

http://regressing.deadspin.com/the-cubs-might-have-screwed-themselves-by-screwing-kris-1734960379

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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!

I have never heard of that blogger, or that sub-blog of Deadspin.

I will treat it with the same respect I bestow upon a 312player post.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Well, if IMU hasn't heard of it...

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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!

This will likely be Bernstein's response, before he reads a different Deadspin article.

It isn't one of their featured blogs. And I read a lot of Deadspin.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

It's posted on the main page of deadspin.

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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!

They let the White Sox into the playoffs?

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Hawaii (fuck) You

Fri, Jul 24 vs Philadelphia L 5-3 F/10
Sat, Jul 25 vs Philadelphia L 5-0
Sun, Jul 26 vs Philadelphia L 11-5

Cubs went 5-3 (.625 ball) in his absence and received an extra year of control. With Bryant they went 92-62 (.600 ball).

Plus, home field is nearly meaningless in baseball.

Other than that the article was great.

Clickbait. It is a shared article. Of course they would share it on their main page...that is how Deadspin works / one of the ways it generates income.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

I do too, and I'd estimate they 'feature' that one 3-4 times a week.

If that was true, you would have heard of the regressing sub-blog. It's featured kind of a lot.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Ok, so Bryant actually hurts the Cubs?

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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!

And you'd be wrong, because they only have about 11 total articles in the last 5 months. It is unlikely that even half were shared on the main Deadspin page.

It looks to be basketball focused, which could explain why I haven't read it as much as FavreFan, for instance.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

You are correct

Home team 53% win percent Visitor 47% nearly a coin flip.

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that may be why I guessed a higher count as well.

I want to flip coins with you. I'll take the 53% side.

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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 Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

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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!

we're talking about a one game sample. coin flip...singular....nearly meaningless

So, 53/47 is not nearly meaningless?

You guys have been hanging out with your team scientist too long.

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I don't understand the last several posts.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Kirkwood said road/home win percentages in baseball are nearly meaningless.

Rick's alter ego, THE INQUISITOR, agreed and even gave the percentages - 53/47 - which validated Kirkwood's statement.

Rick and JORR laughed and made fun of INQUISITOR.

I agreed with Kirkwood's statement and took a passive-aggressive swipe at pittmike.

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A 6% better chance of winning is meaningless to you?

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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!

MLB is 53.9%. (let's call it 54%)

NHL is 55%, NFL is 57% and NBA is 60%.

Where is the cutoff between meaningless and meaningful?

This is dumb.

You'd rather play at home than away. With Arrieta pitching, it may not make a difference for the Cubs. But in all scenarios...home.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Butterfly effect means we could be extinct as a species (nuclear war) if Bryant was brought up any other time than he was.


Thank Theo for your very existence

What is this 53% chance based on? Playoffs games? Elimination games? Regular season games?

What I do know is for play in games the home team is 2-4. 33%

Cubs were right to play at Pittsburgh. Unless they're dumb for wanting a 66% chance of winning!?!?!!