The Real Crapshoot

[dgies9156]

If the St. Louis Cardinals don't win the World Series, then the best team in baseball did not win the championship.[/color]

There, the statement is now fixed and teal removed!

[Lennys Tap]

Lenny, I apologize. I didn't mean for it to come off as an attack. Rereading, it does sound a bit harsh.

I get frustrated when posters automatically jump onto one side of an argument or another simply because of who is saying it. It is well documented that I don't see eye to eye with several posters, chicos being one of them, but I try to treat each thread as a new discussion. I try to let disagreement on one topic change my perception in another.

I think it is fair to say that it is well known that you and Mr. Bailbonds don't get along. When you started a thread entitled "The Real Crapshoot," a direct reference to something CBB is known for saying, and also equated it to "telling a lie enough..." I perceived it as an attempt to attack one poster. But that is an assumption on my part, I apologize as it was not the case.

This of course begs the question of, "why do I care?" Meh, I've always been bad about putting my nose where it doesn't belong.

As for my understanding of the subject, I understand it quite well. I just don't agree with your analysis.

No worries, TAMU. Certainly true that Chico and I have our fair share of disagreements over the years. I know he regularly attributes statements to me that I haven't made, and his "interpretations" of what I have said are often grossly and, it seems to me, intentionally, misleading. I plead guilty (as Sultan pointed out) to trolling Chico in this case. IMO I was bringing up new evidence that debunked an assertion made countless times by Chico on this board. Crapshoot = random. The biggest crapshoot in sports will produce the most random results. If it doesn't, it isn't. How many rounds, one and done, etc. are factors that can help determine randomness, but they're not as important as having teams that (for whatever reason - low scores, one hot player dominating, etc.) are more evenly matched. This year's NHL playoffs made that clear.

[muwarrior69]

If the St. Louis Cardinals don't win the World Series, then the best team in the National League did not win the championship.

There, the statement is now fixed and teal removed!

Your "fixed"  statement has been corrected for historical accuracy.

[muwarrior69]

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