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The games they were winning by one run in July are now one run losses.

Reversion to the mean.

BC

</p><p><br>Aren't statistics fun?&nbsp; Choose your small sample and you can assert most anything.&nbsp; <br></p><p>Yep, they've won 69.8% of their 1-run games for the season but only 66.7% for the last 30 days.&nbsp; <br></p><p>If only that were their mean!</p><p><br></p><p>The chances that they make the wildcard are very slim, but the comebacks have been fun.</p><p>While I like Bochy, I dread the games in which the only on-air discussions are how many games he's won in whatever ball park they're playing in.</p><p><br></p><p>I don't think anybody mentioned here that Panda is out for the season, for surgery.&nbsp; Seemed like that announcement, after Chicago, signaled that management was pretty much throwing in the towel for this year.</p><p><br></p>

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The games they were winning by one run in July are now one run losses.

Reversion to the mean.

BC

</p><p><br>Aren't statistics fun?&nbsp; Choose your small sample and you can assert most anything.&nbsp; <br></p><p>Yep, they've won 69.8% of their 1-run games for the season but only 66.7% for the last 30 days.&nbsp; <br></p><p>If only that were their mean!</p><p><br></p><p>The chances that they make the wildcard are very slim, but the comebacks have been fun.</p><p>While I like Bochy, I dread the games in which the only on-air discussions are how many games he's won in whatever ball park they're playing in.</p><p><br></p><p>I don't think anybody mentioned here that Panda is out for the season, for surgery.&nbsp; Seemed like that announcement, after Chicago, signaled that management was pretty much throwing in the towel for this year.</p><p><br></p>

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