World Number One said:
I find it hard to believe that your " criteria " only eliminated losing series and didnt eliminate any winning ones .
Any time I have ever tried to fine tune something like this, you end up throwing out some winners along the way too ..
Good luck .
WNO,
I knew it was only a matter of time before your comments got into this thread. Lol
I have never viewed your comments as bashing or in anyway negative. So let's discuss.
You are correct to point out the the 96% is off on the total series that are qualified to be played. That was not my purpose of posting that number. I am not trying to mislead anyone in any way. My purpose of that number is to state the possibility of eliminating losses to a season that I would not have played. I did state that by doing so that the amount that would qualify would be reduced as well.
I stated that it would take months to find out how many series would qualify in a season so I spent a very good amount of time on the losses for the past 2 seasons.
So as also stated I am using this year to compile the data as the season goes along to figure out how many would qualify.
So far 13 wins and 0 losses with 3 pending. I also posted that Boston and NY Yanks were very much a play but due to the juice involved I kicked them out.
Here are some things that I want you to think about.
Would you play a series on a team that has a terrible home record?
The answer should be YES
When you put a team in the right situation they have a better chance of winning. Because even bad teams win games too. (Plus this is where the even money or positive juice comes in)
When going through past years the easiest ones to eliminate are teams that are very poor. If they are not in the right situation they are a no play.
So what are the things that I have to tighten up thus not giving out the info yet?
Good teams in what looks like the right situations are the ones that are more tricky to spot and eliminate. This is going to be something that I am going to have to play with during the year.
Am I saying that every poor team I put up here is going to be a win?
NO
All I have is numbers from previous seasons to go by.
I am now working with a friend to tally up the numbers to get them as a guidline for the Road team being swept because my criteria can be reversed thus giving us options on series to pick and choose on Home or Away.
WNO or anybody your comments are always welcomed in this thread. I have no problem with people that have an opinion.
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