I get annoyed with the way certain journalists spin sports, especially with Stats. We're fed useless stats in articles and during games so often that we've lost the ability to decipher meaningful ones from stupid ones. Here are two of my favorites that we've all seen a million times. One are those guys in basketball broadcasts who say something like "The Rockets are on a 24-16 scoring streak halfway through the first quarter."
The other is in baseball when they pull up a hitting percentage during an at bat "Crom bats .317 vs Lefties, with runners on the corners, 2 outs, as a pinch hitter, on the road, when trailing, in game one of a double header, against the Yankees, on labor day... Whereas his career average is .324" SO INSIGHTFUL!
Which leads to my beloved Vikings. The big stat being hammered into our domes this week was "Only 12% of the teams that start out 0-2 make the playoffs" HUH? What's the point of this stat? How about teams that start 2-2? Or finish 8-8? 10-6? ( I could not find where they got this stat) Obviously starting out 0-3 would suck balls, but why the negativity? We lost to playoff team on the road and a 10-6 TB team. Sure the fashion of those losses was upsetting but the fact remains, we have an extremely compeitive football team! Our 0-2 isn't the same as the Chiefs for example! You know statistically they have the same chance we do to make the playoffs. You know what percentage of people picked the wildcard steelers, giants or pack to win the superbowl the last times they did? (I assume only their fans haha)
Here's something interesting I found.
"There’s plenty of football still left to be played, so don’t count anyone out. Since 2000, 27 teams have reached the halfway point of the season with a .500 or below winning percentage and proceeded to the playoffs, including at least one in each season. In 2009, three teams – Baltimore (4-4), Green Bay (4-4) and the New York Jets (4-4) – accomplished the feat..."
SIDE NOTE
I received an interesting stat from a lovely high spirited late night TWEET from super fan and director SPIKE LEE, defending his evil YANKEES-
"Do you know Boston has #2 Payroll in MLB? Don't front like Red Sox have a Pittsburgh Pirates PAYROLL. C'mon SON. WAKE UP!"
Great Stat Spike! However A. It's incorrect, the BOSOX have the 3rd highest payroll and B. The Yankees payroll is over 40 million $'s higher the BOSOX, it's 202 million $, JUST 4 million less then the BOSOX and PIRATES pay roll combined! "That's the triplle troof, Ruth!"
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SKOL!
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