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Glen Furg, Mr. Stats, is actually a 30-year-old
aeronautics PH.D. from Iowa State University
and author of “POINTS EQUALS GREATER PREDISPOSITION
TO WINNING – the Origins of Victory.” Furg won
three medals at the Salt Lake City Paralympic Winter Games,
but was asked to leave when it was revealed he has no disability,
he just likes to ski sitting down.
The highest compliment we ever threw around the Advanced
Math Labs at Iowa State was, 'wow!' And that's all I can
say about the excitement generated in this year's baseball
playoff races -- 'wow!' There's still a dozen teams in the
races, especially for the wild card slots! But a quick application
of some fairly simple math equations will help us delineate
the survivors from the big fat fakers.
Let me show you a great example by just dusting off the
classic "A = Probable B divided by More Probable C
if greater than certain D." In our equation, "A"
equals Success, "Probable B" equals Probable Final
Record based on exponential extrapolation of current victory
patterns, "More Probable C" is those same extrapolations
modified by a 40% emotional choking effect, and "Certain
D" is a .500 record. Just plug in the numbers and voila!
- The Chicago Cubs are out of it already.
The Texas Heaters and Florida Tarpons are also in dire straights.
San Diego is on the fence, Oakland
is looking grim. But the Yankees - well,
even with the choke factor, "More Probable C"
for them is LESS than "Certain D!" Hahaha!! Right?!
It's not only true, it's a joke!
ALREADY we've successfully eliminated four and possibly
five teams with a margin of error of only two games in retrograde.
And that's just using the simple stuff we all learned in
Thermal Mechanics!
Go Cardinals!! (statistically the closest National
League team to Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa,
the National League being numerically more disposed to victory
in what we call a Diaphonous Spreadsheet Situation.)
Best,
Mr. Stats!
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