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Originally Posted by frankbmd
Paul, I more than understand your 0 for 17 Scherzer argument however, a statistician would argue that Flores was nearly certain to get the game winning hit due to regression to the mean. In other words he was overdue.
Scherzer on the other hand had noteworthy batting stats in 2021.
He was 0 for 59. Yikes
His mean was .000
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Actually your math is wrong. Each at bat is an independent event. Don't believe me, start betting on teams on losing streaks.
PS your revision is an improvement. You have regressed to your own mean which is a reasonably intelligent post, not a terrible one.
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