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Thursday, July 19, 2007

Win Probability: Preallocation of wins

By Tangotiger, 10:44 AM

This comes up every now and then, and I’m not sure I’ve posted it in my blog before (though I have elsewhere). Should the win probability tables include the identities of the players, their batting spots, etc? Or, do you always presume each team is exactly equal, even if you have Jose Lima facing Albert Pujols?

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