I only half-listen
to kay, so the details are going to be off, but he was apparently going through
a bunch of "stats" that he found perplexing. One of them was that in
the past x years, the world series winners actually had a worse record in
September than they did vs. the rest of the regular season. In other
words, these teams were not "hot" going into October.
to kay, so the details are going to be off, but he was apparently going through
a bunch of "stats" that he found perplexing. One of them was that in
the past x years, the world series winners actually had a worse record in
September than they did vs. the rest of the regular season. In other
words, these teams were not "hot" going into October.
Ignoring the bigger
and more complex argument about whether momentum exists, let's focus on Kay's
confusion. Not only am I not surprised that this fact is true,
but rather, I would have assumed it. It's very rare that a team has
to fight until the last day (or week, even) to make the playoffs. And what
do they do when they've qualified for the postseason? That's right,
they start resting their stars.
and more complex argument about whether momentum exists, let's focus on Kay's
confusion. Not only am I not surprised that this fact is true,
but rather, I would have assumed it. It's very rare that a team has
to fight until the last day (or week, even) to make the playoffs. And what
do they do when they've qualified for the postseason? That's right,
they start resting their stars.
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