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Games above/below ".500"
Posted on 4/29/24 at 4:09 pm
Posted on 4/29/24 at 4:09 pm
I'm gonna rant a little here. My pet peeve is how 99% of broadcasters will say a team that's 20-10 is "10 games over .500"
Think about it though.. if they played 30 games, winning 15 would be ".500". That team won 5 more, so they are 5 games over .500. if you think otherwise your dumb and should enroll at Mississippi State or something.
Think about it though.. if they played 30 games, winning 15 would be ".500". That team won 5 more, so they are 5 games over .500. if you think otherwise your dumb and should enroll at Mississippi State or something.
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Posted on 4/29/24 at 4:20 pm to Mason Dixon Swine
I didn’t know we were going to have a pop quiz…..
Posted on 4/29/24 at 4:24 pm to Mason Dixon Swine
while that is a valid argument at the end of the season.. how do you classify a team that has played 16 games and is 16-0?
1 game above .500?
No worries.. I’ll call and get you the enrollment data at Miss State.
1 game above .500?
No worries.. I’ll call and get you the enrollment data at Miss State.
Posted on 4/29/24 at 4:25 pm to Mason Dixon Swine
Or - they were 10-10 and sitting at .500 after 20 games.
Then they won 10 straight to go 10 games above .500
Then they won 10 straight to go 10 games above .500
Posted on 4/29/24 at 4:25 pm to BigBro
I'd say 16-0 team is 8 games above .500
Posted on 4/29/24 at 4:28 pm to Mason Dixon Swine
the piggies really make this site worth visiting.
Posted on 4/29/24 at 4:28 pm to Mason Dixon Swine
Posted on 4/29/24 at 4:33 pm to Christopher Columbo
Do you have evidence my maths is wrong?
Posted on 4/29/24 at 4:39 pm to Mason Dixon Swine
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I'm gonna rant a little here. My pet peeve is how 99% of broadcasters will say a team that's 20-10 is "10 games over .500"
I went to the record calculator and 20-10 is 50%.
Now back to studying for my urine test coming up…..
Posted on 4/29/24 at 4:42 pm to Mason Dixon Swine
The total doesn't matter. It's how many wins or losses a team needs to get to an even record at that point in time.
Posted on 4/29/24 at 4:53 pm to Christopher Columbo
Says who?
Posted on 4/29/24 at 5:35 pm to Mason Dixon Swine
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Do you have evidence my maths is wrong?
If a team is 16-0, how many games do you have to go back until they actually were .500?
You say 8 games. But if you do they would then be 8-0.
For a 16-0 team to be at .500, you would have to go back 16 games to when they were 0-0.
Thus the answer is 16, not 8.
I do like this thread. Both grammatical and mathematical errors living together in harmony.
Posted on 4/29/24 at 5:53 pm to captdalton
I'm not saying what would they have to do in the future to get to .500. I'm talking right now. The present. If 16 games have been played a 500 team will have won 8 games. A 16-0 team is then 8 games above the level of a 500 team (right now).
Posted on 4/29/24 at 5:57 pm to captdalton
"Maths is" is not incorrect grammar, you buffoon.
Posted on 4/29/24 at 6:10 pm to Mason Dixon Swine
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Think about it though.. if they played 30 games, winning 15 would be ".500". That team won 5 more, so they are 5 games over .500. if you think otherwise your dumb and should enroll at Mississippi State or something.
You ae only adding the wins. By taking away losses you get further from .500
They only had 10 losses, not 15 which puts you further from .500 the same way a win does if you are counting from the 15-15 number.
You are really starting from 10-10 and adding 10 wins. Or you could start from 20-0 and add 10 losses.
This post was edited on 4/29/24 at 6:14 pm
Posted on 4/29/24 at 6:17 pm to Mason Dixon Swine
Just a little nugget from dictionary.com.
You are 0-2 in this thread.
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Math is the preferred term in the United States and Canada.
You are 0-2 in this thread.
Posted on 4/29/24 at 6:19 pm to captdalton
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You are 0-2 in this thread.
So I'm one game under .500?
Posted on 4/29/24 at 6:27 pm to Mason Dixon Swine
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You are 0-2 in this thread. So I'm one game under .500?
Please tell me you’re not this dumb.
Posted on 4/29/24 at 6:28 pm to Mason Dixon Swine
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So I'm one game under .500?
If you were, that’d mean winning one game would put you at .500 even though you’re 1-2.
Posted on 4/29/24 at 6:35 pm to PerrillouxToTexas
No, it means I've won one less game than half I've played.
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