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Fantasy Baseball Warfare is a great matter to a nation; it is the ground of death and of life; it is the way of survival and of destruction, and must be examined.–Sun Tzu

Using the Doomsday Argument to Predict The Future Lifespan of the Major Leagues

August 15th, 2007 · No Comments

There is a famous conjecture called the Doomsday Argument, which will be discussed below. It can be used to predict the future remaining existence of the Major Leagues. Here’s how.
Before reading, come up with an off the cuff estimate for how long you think Major League Baseball will last. Think of […]

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The Strange Case of Scott Kazmir–Solved by Tampa’s Terrible Defense??

August 15th, 2007 · No Comments

There are some interesting anomalies in the case of Scott Kazmir. How can these be interpreted?A friend and reader of the blog asked me about his keeper list, and one name he brought up was Scott Kazmir. I took a look at Kazmir’s overall record and found something quite surprising.
Regular readers know that for the […]

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