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- From: dfl@math.wayne.edu (David Frohardt-Lane)
- Subject: Re: 1993 MLB WS odds
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.231323.1674@cs.wayne.edu>
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- Organization: Wayne State University Math Department, Detroit
- References: <1993Jan21.132431.24404@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> <1993Jan22.152627.1@ualr.edu> <1993Jan22.234242.2030@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 23:13:23 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan22.234242.2030@midway.uchicago.edu> thf2@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
- >In article <1993Jan22.152627.1@ualr.edu> ajsmith@ualr.edu writes:
- >>In article <1993Jan21.132431.24404@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>, marwood@csri.toronto.edu (Simon J. Marwood) writes:
- >>> Team Odds
- >>> ---- ----
- >>>
- >>> Atlanta 3:1
- >>Rightly so the opening's odds on favorite to take it all.
- >
- >Boy is that statement chock-full of errors.
- >
- >First, "odds-on" means "better than even odds." 3:1 ain't odds-on.
- >
- >Second, these are the odds to win the World Series. Once you win
- >the division, you have a 50-50 shot of winning the playoffs, and
- >a 50-50 shot of winning the World Series. That's 3:1 right there.
- >Are you really so sure of the Braves' chances that they're a 100%
- >shoo-in to win the division? You're getting taken at 3:1 odds.
-
- I wouldn't say so. I think Atlanta has something like an eighty precent
- chance of winning the division. If they get in the playoffs, they should
- have a better than fifty percent chance of winning each of the series.
- 3:1 sounds about right to me.
-
- >>> Pittsburgh 25:1
- >
- >>whatcha doing all the way down here?
- >
- >Actually, this is another one that is just about right. Maybe a little
- >overvalued, but not much.
-
- Aw, c'mon. Pittsburgh doesn't have *near* a 25:1 shot at the World
- Series. Who's their top hitter now? Jay Bell? I guess Andy Van Slyke
- is alright, but he'll be way down from last year. The Pirates don't
- have no 1 in 6 chance at winning the division.
-
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