Tag Archives: chance
Why the Baseball Playoffs are an Elaborate Coin Toss
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 20th October 2011Consider this: According to Elias, out of the 52 best-of-seven series in baseball history to be tied 2-2 after four games, as this one was, the winner of Game 5 went on to win the series 36 times, or 69 percent of the time… The author of this insight got paid for making it. A while…
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Luck, Not Ripeness, Is All
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 4th February 2008As almost everyone knows the New York Giants upset the New England Patriots to win the 42nd iteration of the Super Bowl. The Giants won the game with a touchdown with only 35 seconds left to play. But the critical play happened moments earlier. David Tyree a mostly invisible player made once in a century…
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