Math Quiz

St. Andrew · 04-08-2008, 09:43 PM

See if you can figure out how they arrived at the final answer.

Do the math.

1. Royals currently with better W-L record than Yankees

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2. Posada and Jeter out of the lineup tomorrow

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3. Royals pitcher (Greinke) who allowed 1 earned run in 7 innings vs Detroit in his first start.

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4. Yankees pitcher (Kennedy) who got lit up and removed after two innings his first time out this year.

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5. Royals team that has scored more runs this year than the Yankees.

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6. Yankees Bullpen with a 3.24 ERA compared to Royals with 0.58 (!!)

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7. Royals with a better batting average than the Yankees (.266 vs .256)

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8. Royals off to their best start in five years and playing at home.

= YANKEES -130

This folks, is why I bet baseball every day.

ROYALS +115

donjuan · 04-08-2008, 10:37 PM

While the Yankees are often overrated (inflated) in the odds, your reasoning isn't what I would call math. Math would be making a model based on meaningful statistics, park factors, etc.

hi-rez · 04-08-2008, 10:41 PM

I'll keep riding the Royals until I see a good reason not to. Good call drew

twtb19 · 04-08-2008, 10:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hi-rez

I'll keep riding the Royals until I see a good reason not to. Good call drew

I agree, I bet on ****ing Baltimore today just because they are hot right now...you got to ride these teams while they are hot.