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Winning narrow contests has put Monkeys on top
On 2014-4-11 Paul Huang wrote:
The ability to win close games has got the Lamigo Monkeys off to a fast start early in the season, as they have an 8-4 record over their first dozen contests, the best in the league.


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Re: Winning narrow contests has put Monkeys on top
[ Author: NelsonChung | Posted: Apr 16, 2014 10:10 PM | NIP Fan ]

That's just luck. Bill James's Pythagorean theorem will catch up to you.
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Re: Winning narrow contests has put Monkeys on top
[ Author: westbaystars | Posted: Apr 17, 2014 12:14 AM | YBS Fan ]

I don't know about that. I expected the wondering salesman problem (random chance to go north, east, south, or west) to remain close to his starting point, but it didn't work out that way. Pythagorean wins may work most of the time, but an outlier comes along every now and then.
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Re: Winning narrow contests has put Monkeys on top
[ Author: NelsonChung | Posted: Apr 17, 2014 5:37 PM | NIP Fan ]

True. It's too early to tell though.
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