To: pcgTheDestroyer
Wait; it's even worse. For two teams to go 0 and 3 and then win, first you have to lose the first 3, and then win the next 3. There's only one possible combination of that in 7 games, so the odds on it happening ONCE (on pure random statistics, not taking into account pitching, hitting, defense, eclipses, etc.) is 27. The odds on it happening in consecutive series is 27 * 27 = 214, or 1 in 16384.
92 posted on
10/27/2004 3:11:45 PM PDT by
RonF
To: RonF
Wait; it's even worse. For two teams to go 0 and 3 and then win, first you have to lose the first 3, and then win the next 3. There's only one possible combination of that in 7 games, so the odds on it happening ONCE (on pure random statistics, not taking into account pitching, hitting, defense, eclipses, etc.) is 27. The odds on it happening in consecutive series is 27 * 27 = 214, or 1 in 16384.Right you are; I was answering based on where we are at *right now*, given that the majority of those 16384 combinations have already passed. :-)
98 posted on
10/27/2004 3:36:36 PM PDT by
pcgTheDestroyer
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