More evidence of team normalization

[Mr Baseball World]

..............then again normalization is no miracle worker...........

[PotKettleBlack]

[quote:9b611bf8a8="andycummings65"]wish somebody would stop normalizing the Red Sox :evil:[/quote:9b611bf8a8]
The Red Sox manage to normalize themselves... If they didn't, they'd be the Yankees.

[andycummings65]

hopefully they will normalize enough to make the playoffs, then do a Strat-like Wild Card run to the Champeenship........

[supertyphoon]

We always tend to think normalization kicks in when things are going too well, but what if the reverse is true? Maybe that first-half hot streak was the anomaly, and second-half "normalization" was what we should have expected all along ???

My best example of anti-normalization is killing me right now. My team jumped out to great record, 23-10 after 33 games. Played a little over .500 at 47-43 for the next 90 games, and was 17 games over .500 with a 70-53 record after 123 games. Then ... nothing. Record now stands at 73-68, 3-15 last week.

Another team in my division started 15-18 after 33 games, so I was 8 games ahead at that point, After 90 games their record was 44-46 and I was still 5 games ahead. But in the last 51 games, the team has been on fire, going 42-9 to zoom 13 games ahead with a record of 86-55.

So what's "normal"? There's no reason to suspect that team with a sub-500 record to suddenly become unbeatable, but it did. Maybe, just maybe, the team was much better than it's early record indicated, and my team just wasn't as good as it seemed after 33 games.

Here are the results if anyone's interested:

http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/league/team_schedule.html?user_id=337959

http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/league/team_schedule.html?user_id=338159

The randomness of this game never ceases to amaze me.

[beavis]

[quote:0fe5b47c95="raslavens"]Don't confuse normalization with a curse.[/quote:0fe5b47c95]

If we were using software from the 21st century, I would "Like" this.

Given our circumstances, I'll reach into my 1990's vault and spend one:

"QFT."

[FUDU]

I've been a Cleveland sports fan my entire life, so trust me when I tell you that normalization has little if nothing to do with this stuff.

There are other forces at work here, things the rest of you do not want to know about.

If we Clevelanders told you, we'd have to kill you.