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#1652
11 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:


Eat a bag Ranger fans ….

 

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Yolanda looks like a bunch of the Astros fans I saw the other night at The Globe.  

#1653
2 minutes ago, YGIFS said:

So they only play 156 games now?

84+78 is 162. 
 

do you not have a calculator on whichever device you are posting from?

Edited by Pato del Muerto

#1654
2 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

84 wins means 78 losses. 84-78 is 6. 

That's not how games above .500 are calculated....

Wins-Games Played/2 as YGIFS said

#1655
2 minutes ago, Pimphand said:

That's not how games above .500 are calculated....

Wins-Games Played/2 as YGIFS said

So when the rangers were 40-20, they were 40-(60/2)= 10 games over .500?

#1657
19 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:


Eat a bag Ranger fans ….

 

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Well from your posts, we all know you'd fuck the chick on the right and have to pay to do that. 

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#1659
Just now, Pato del Muerto said:

So when the rangers were 40-20, they were 40-(60/2)= 10 games over .500?

Yes

#1662
3 minutes ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

 

this is embarrassing.

David Dunning & Justin Kruger should definitely reach out to include you in their study.  You exceed even the APEX on the left side of this graph.

Cognitive Biases — Dunning–Kruger effect | by Michael Gearon | Medium

#1663

So if they're 40-20 and that's 10 games above .500 and they lose the next 10 games, why aren't they then at .500?

3 minutes ago, Pimphand said:

David Dunning & Justin Kruger should definitely reach out to include you in their study.  You exceed even the APEX on the left side of this graph.

Cognitive Biases — Dunning–Kruger effect | by Michael Gearon | Medium

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#1667

Seriously though, in themoreyouknow.star.gif , games above .500 and games ahead / behind team in the standings sound the same, look different.  You might be mixing those up. 
 

games behind, you gotta win and they gotta lose.  That’s why you end up dividing in half in your head.  20-19 team is 3.5 games behind a 23-15 team. 
 

with games over .500, there is no other team.  It’s just how many games more to get to .500

#1668
10 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

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LMAO at the notion of MLB supporting Houston.

The Texas part is accurate, but MLB is hardly some sympathizer for the Astros.

#1670
4 hours ago, Beau Vine said:
Congrats to the @Rangers!I’m a life-long Astros fans

 

Dallas?  Talk about a Johnny-Come-Lately with his own midgets.

#1671
1 minute ago, cafe society said:

Dallas?  Talk about a Johnny-Come-Lately with his own midgets.

I can't believe that Ted Cruz could take a free shot at a basketball ring and air basketball it.

#1673
3 minutes ago, mdleast said:

Astros fans:

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#1674
1 hour ago, mdmost said:

Well from your posts, we all know you'd fuck the chick on the right and have to pay to do that. 

And then proudly post pictures of her butthole.

#1677
2 hours ago, Pimphand said:

That's not how games above .500 are calculated....

Wins-Games Played/2 as YGIFS said

I've never seen it done like that and I've been watching sports a long, long time. Seems this method is only helpful when you look at final standings, which is why I think it's simply not done that way. However, y'all made me look and it appears there's a long-running internet debate on the matter.

 

#1678

What hell is this math discussion?

Here's the numbers to know: Rangers won convincingly. Twice. When it mattered.

Back to the point:

If you thought page 13 was fun as a Rangers fan, go reacquaint yourself with pages 25 and 26.

Some good shit in there, pay particular attention to the Adolis vitriol. It felt prescient...like they just knew what was coming...and were praying it wouldn't happen.

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#1679
6 minutes ago, C-Man said:

I've never seen it done like that and I've been watching sports a long, long time. Seems this method is only helpful when you look at final standings, which is why I think it's simply not done that way. However, y'all made me look and it appears there's a long-running internet debate on the matter.

 

Rule #1 - Don't listen to a Reddit user who can't keep their/they're/there straight.

The delta and divide by two methodology is only relevant for calculating Games Back.

Games over .500 is simply how many more wins than losses.  I don't care if it's mid-season or post-season - how many more wins than losses do you have?  That's how many games over .500 you are.

#1680

GB and winning percentage are usually 100% correlated but not always.  Hideki Matsui and the New York Yankees played 163 games despite only playing 162 games.  The Red Sox were 6 games behind them despite playing one less game while playing the same number of games.  Baseball is madness.  

But in the end, I just want to congratulate the Fort Worth Rangers on their excellent win in Irving-Arlington over the 45-Astros of Houston.  I know my baseball and may the Rangers throw good baseballs at the opposing batters and have their gloves catch as many balls as...well, you know who...

#1681
On 10/20/2023 at 7:31 PM, SimkinsMan said:

I'm sure we can scrounge up a nice participation trophy for you guys. You tried really hard. That's what counts. (snicker)

Oh, look!  We got our "participation" trophy.

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On 10/20/2023 at 8:00 PM, HOOKEM4 said:

I expected that reaction. There is 0% chance they threw at him on purpose. Chin music, yes, 2 runs down with a runner on first? Get the fuck out of here. Thanks for that outburst though. Don't poke the bear jackoffs.

I think Adolis proved who the bear was the last two nights.

#1682
4 hours ago, Pimphand said:

That's not how games above .500 are calculated....

Wins-Games Played/2 as YGIFS said

So when a team wins the first game of the year they are a half game over .500?

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#1683

Christ almighty. 

"Games back" is used to compare team's records against each other. 

"Games above. 500" is used to refer to one team's record. 

A "game" in "games back" is made up of 2 results because it is referring to each team playing a game - you need to either win 2 games or win and have the other team lose. 

A "game" in "games above .500" is made up of just one result. If you're 30-30 then to get to 5 games above .500 you need to win 5 games. If you're 35-30 then to get back to .500 you need to lose 5 games. 

I see that @BehoId, The Underminer!basically already explained this.

The fact that the dumbest motherfucker on this site thinks it works like "games back" should have clued y'all in.

Edited by ztejas

#1686

Would take a shot at cellar-dwellers figuring out 'rithmetic; but if they finish at the top, that solves the math issue nice and tidy also.

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#1690
Christ almighty. 
"Games back" is used to compare team's records against each other. 
"Games above. 500" is used to refer to one team's record. 
A "game" in "games back" is made up of 2 results because it is referring to each team playing a game - you need to either win 2 games or win and have the other team lose. 
A "game" in "games above .500" is made up of just one result. If you're 30-30 then to get to 5 games above .500 you need to win 5 games. If you're 35-30 then to get back to .500 you need to lose 5 games. 
I see that [mention=5281]BehoId, The Underminer![/mention]basically already explained this.
The fact that the dumbest motherfucker on this site thinks it works like "games back" should have clued y'all in.

What a stupid discussion. Fuck the astros



Weirdly I’ve always read you two as the same person and it never clicked you are two different people until I saw you post back to back.

Back to shitting on Astros.
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#1694
1 hour ago, ztejas said:

Christ almighty. 

"Games back" is used to compare team's records against each other. 

"Games above. 500" is used to refer to one team's record. 

A "game" in "games back" is made up of 2 results because it is referring to each team playing a game - you need to either win 2 games or win and have the other team lose. 

A "game" in "games above .500" is made up of just one result. If you're 30-30 then to get to 5 games above .500 you need to win 5 games. If you're 35-30 then to get back to .500 you need to lose 5 games. 

I see that @BehoId, The Underminer!basically already explained this.

The fact that the dumbest motherfucker on this site thinks it works like "games back" should have clued y'all in.

So, to simplify it, for the ALCS the Rangers were 1 game above .500 and the Astros were 1 game below .500.

#1695
So, to simplify it, for the ALCS the Rangers were 1 game above .500 and the Astros were 1 game below .500.
To simplify it even more, Houston sucks.
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#1696
28 minutes ago, Fudbelty said:

 

 

 


Weirdly I’ve always read you two as the same person and it never clicked you are two different people until I saw you post back to back.

Back to shitting on Astros.

 

 

 

How embarassing for @Zepol87

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