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chisoxmike
08-02-2007, 10:42 PM
Does someone know where I can find the BP article that gave the Sox a 1% chance of making the postseason AFTER they clinched in '05?

Is it linked on these here boards? I remember something like this being ripped apart and still talked about today. Or was it just "crazed Sox fan, conspiracy, everybody hates us" talk?

Before a game in the next week BP will be at the game giving a lecture to UIC grads about SABRmetrics used in baseball. My Dad asked me if I wanted to go. I'm not going to go in with guns blazing but I want to read the article, if there is one...

Thanks for your help!

:bandance:
itsnotrequired
08-02-2007, 10:50 PM
Does someone know where I can find the BP article that gave the Sox a 1% chance of making the postseason AFTER they clinched in '05?

Is it linked on these here boards? I remember something like this being ripped apart and still talked about today. Or was it just "crazed Sox fan, conspiracy, everybody hates us" talk?

Before a game in the next week BP will be at the game giving a lecture to UIC grads about SABRmetrics used in baseball. My Dad asked me if I wanted to go. I'm not going to go in with guns blazing but I want to read the article, if there is one...

Thanks for your help!

:bandance:

It wasn't an article, per say, but rather their "playoff odds report" which is updated daily. After the Sox were assured no worse than a tie for first place (and first place outright based on the head-to-head record with Cleveland), BP had the Sox listed at something like 82% likely to claim the division.

If someone did a screen capture, you could see the numbers.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/statistics/ps_odds.php
chisoxmike
08-02-2007, 10:52 PM
It wasn't an article, per say, but rather their "playoff odds report" which is updated daily. After the Sox were assured no worse than a tie for first place (and first place outright based on the head-to-head record with Cleveland), BP had the Sox listed at something like 82% likely to claim the division.

If someone did a screen capture, you could see the numbers.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/statistics/ps_odds.php

I found the thread. Thanks.:bandance:
SluggersAway
08-02-2007, 10:55 PM
What is the point? They will only reply with this:

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=6023