tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12133335.post1236075795707624117..comments2024-02-13T06:56:14.486-05:00Comments on Walk Like a Sabermetrician: Even More Mundane Comments on the Playoff Structurephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18057215403741682609noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12133335.post-33733254565111049762010-10-24T14:08:41.247-04:002010-10-24T14:08:41.247-04:00Good pitching always beats good hitting, and the t...Good pitching always beats good hitting, and the teams in the World Series always have good pitching. (re: '69 Mets, '85 Royals, '10 Giants)<br /><br />And in baseball, good teams are still based on pitching and defense. <br /><br />I know I'm rambling and I have no evidence to back me up beyond conventional wisdom that has bee around for 150 years, but it works for me.Ron Rollinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16852012772573977515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12133335.post-64302105095037916262010-10-19T14:52:37.414-04:002010-10-19T14:52:37.414-04:00That's certainly possible, but the effect shou...That's certainly possible, but the effect should be tempered to some degree by the comparison to the RPG of the teams involved, which display a similar pattern to the total league comparison.phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18057215403741682609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12133335.post-68477122661050272502010-10-19T13:25:45.522-04:002010-10-19T13:25:45.522-04:00I think Park Factor is playing a big part of what ...I think Park Factor is playing a big part of what you're seeing historically. With a large % of the historical games starting in the 1920's being played in old Yankee Stadium, which was heavily pitching friendly, that would certainly cause a deviation from the ML average for those years.KJOKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08752319034752774181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12133335.post-69530830646782079412010-10-18T15:40:44.867-04:002010-10-18T15:40:44.867-04:00Okay, great, thanks.Okay, great, thanks.Cyril Moronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07148864847009186694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12133335.post-54534242258263818002010-10-18T15:31:09.969-04:002010-10-18T15:31:09.969-04:00No, not exactly, but I'm glad you brought it u...No, not exactly, but I'm glad you brought it up because you are not the only one I managed to mislead.<br /><br />RPG in the chart is runs/game by both teams--that is (R + RA)/G, runs scored and given up. The teams that reached the WS in the 90s and 00s had fewer total runs scored in their games than did the average major league team. I do not have the R/RA breakdown handy, but I'm sure that they scored more runs than the average team, but that they also allowed less.<br /><br />I should have included a look at ML average RPG with the Rockies removed. In 1998, for instance, the major league RPG was 9.58, but only 9.52 when Colorado is removed. The drop in the 90s/00s relative RPGs of pennant winners may be a heavily influenced by the presence of the most extreme park of the 20th century.phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18057215403741682609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12133335.post-55937804526849842612010-10-18T15:04:01.637-04:002010-10-18T15:04:01.637-04:00Great job. If I am reading your first graph correc...Great job. If I am reading your first graph correctly, it looks like in the 1990s and 2000s the teams making the world series were below average in scoring during the regular season. Is that right?Cyril Moronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07148864847009186694noreply@blogger.com