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Lewie Pollis
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Dog dad. Cheesesteak enthusiast. Data scientist (not the evil kind). Recent Rhode Islander. Cleveland rocks. Go Birds. He/him
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The MLB playoffs kick off tomorrow with the best-of-three Wild Card series. If history is a guide, most of the matchups won’t go to a do-or-die Game Three. Today at The Lewsletter, I explain why this anticlimactic phenomenon makes mathematical sense: www.thelewsletter.lewispoll.is/p/why-do-mos...
Why Do Most Wild Card Series End in Sweeps?
A simple mathematical explanation for why we don't see more Game Threes
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Lewie Pollis
@lewsonfirst.lewispoll.is
Dog dad. Cheesesteak enthusiast. Data scientist (not the evil kind). Recent Rhode Islander. Cleveland rocks. Go Birds. He/him
Words on sports, food, and politics here: www.thelewsletter.lewispoll.is/subscribe
234 followers172 following1.4k posts