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Re: Baseball Probability Puzzle
Posted:
Jun 13, 1996 3:23 PM
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In article <31BEE912.73B6@kodak.com>, Paige Miller <paigem@kodak.com> wrote:
> Yes, but ties are possible!
>
> Baseball is not as simple as flipping biased coins or comparing
Bernoulli trials.
> Unless you are willing to make such extreme simplifying assumptions,
then we can't
> answer your question based upon the information you provide.
>
Ties are not possible in baseball. Games tied at the end of 9 innings of
play go on to extra innings until one team prevails.
With that said, I agree that baseball is not as simple as flipping a coin.
I'd say the pitcher's winning percentages, home and road records, injury
status, etc. are all important. If this kind of problem were so easily
solved, we all be making a killing betting on the outcomes because of our
superior knowledge.
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Paul C. Bernhardt, M.S. in Psychology, University of Utah
PhD graduate student in Educational Psychology
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