Google Sports search Dates are incorrect

[bigfanNY]

Just a Heads Up...A couple weeks ago a Friend of mine called saying how happy he was to have won a 1969 Mets Lineup card signed by Gil Hodges from Bob Moose's No hitter. The A listing did not mention the No hitter but did list the date 9/20/1969. I looked at the Ebay listing and looked up the date and Google search had Mets and Pirates playing a Double header. Now my buddy is getting Older, just like me. But like many Mets fans He remembers the 1969 season like it was yesterday. So I looked up Moose no hitter and he was right and Google search was wrong. I have searched a few other times Baseball and basketball. Google has a problem. So if you are checking up on a stub or a program double check...

[doug.goodman]

Retrosheet is the place to go...

[Lordstan]

Baseball-reference.com is also very good for that type of research. I use it along with Retro sheet as some things are easier to find on one vs the other.

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[doug.goodman]

And as long as we're talking about parts of the internet being wrong, take a look at...

https://www.espn.com/mlb/standings

Checkout the "POFF" (% chance of making the playoffs) column on the far right.

Every number listed is screwy. I think my favorite (besides the NL west) might be the AL Central where the last place by 18 games Royals are said to have a 6.5% chance of making the playoffs, while the first place by 10 games White Sox have only a 1% chance.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by doug.goodman

and as long as we're talking about parts of the internet being wrong, take a look at...

https://www.espn.com/mlb/standings

checkout the "poff" (% chance of making the playoffs) column on the far right.

Every number listed is screwy. I think my favorite (besides the nl west) might be the al central where the last place by 18 games royals are said to have a 6.5% chance of making the playoffs, while the first place by 10 games white sox have only a 1% chance.

very interesting

[doug.goodman]

ESPN has tried to fix their playoff % numbers, but now they have the White Sox and the Dodgers listed as having a 100.0% chance of being in the playoffs, with an 11 game lead with 42 games left Chicago is certainly in a good spot, but a 100.0% certainty?

And the Dodgers are currently in second place... that almost makes me want to root against them, and I've been a fan for 47 years.

I hate dumb stats.