THE BOOK--Playing The Percentages In Baseball

Phil follows up:

http://sabermetricresearch.blogspot.com/2012/01/do-hockey-fights-lift-teams-performance_13.html

http://sabermetricresearch.blogspot.com/2012/01/are-more-nhl-penalties-called-in-back.html

Phil looks at penalties called in back-to-back games.

I’d like to see one other test.  Since back-to-back games occur in successive days (or at most one day of rest), I’d like to see the penalty calling of games on successive days with two DIFFERENT opponents.

Perhaps the reason that fewer penalties are called is because the players are tired.  (Then again, tired players may also take more stupid penalties.)

So, four categories:
day1-day2: same opponents
day1-day3: same opponents
day1-dayN: same opponents (already done)
day1-day2: different opponents

Sorry, didn’t see this until now! 

I assume you want the day1-day2 different opponents to be when BOTH opponents are playing their second game in two nights?

Will add to my ‘to do’ list.