If you've been playing close attention, you'll notice that two posts just disappeared into thin air. If you were none the wiser about that, well then, now you are.
Anyway, the two posts in question were Parts 1 and 2 of my new attempt at figuring out why fantasy baseball head-to-head standings are the way they are. I was in the middle of finishing off Part 3 when I discovered a rather glaring error - I had been unwittingly been using the wrong standard deviation formula.
Showing posts with label head-to-head deconstruction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label head-to-head deconstruction. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Deconstructing Head-to-Head Part 1
So of course, for the first post after my pledge to restart the blog, I'm going to do something that wasn't mentioned as one of the ideas bouncing around in my head. Go figure.
Nope, I've decided to go with something that I've pondered about for a long time, but never really figured out how to quantify. As you might have figured from my very long posts 2 years ago examining my fantasy baseball draft halfway through the season, fantasy baseball is kind of a passion of mine. I'm no fantasy nerd, I don't obsess over every fantasy sport I play. Outside of baseball, it's merely just a casual thing with friends for bragging rights (except come March Madness time, when it's sometimes for money). But with baseball, it's kind of a point of pride. Yeah yeah, I know, that sounds awfully pathetic - that I invest a lot of time and even pride in my fantasy baseball teams. See, I view baseball as MY sport, and if I don't absolutely dominate in the fantasy version, then my being the resident baseball expert is in doubt. Yes, I also recognize that that's more of a self-imposed thing than anything else, but still. The fact remains that baseball is my favorite sport, and therefore I "care" more about fantasy baseball.
Nope, I've decided to go with something that I've pondered about for a long time, but never really figured out how to quantify. As you might have figured from my very long posts 2 years ago examining my fantasy baseball draft halfway through the season, fantasy baseball is kind of a passion of mine. I'm no fantasy nerd, I don't obsess over every fantasy sport I play. Outside of baseball, it's merely just a casual thing with friends for bragging rights (except come March Madness time, when it's sometimes for money). But with baseball, it's kind of a point of pride. Yeah yeah, I know, that sounds awfully pathetic - that I invest a lot of time and even pride in my fantasy baseball teams. See, I view baseball as MY sport, and if I don't absolutely dominate in the fantasy version, then my being the resident baseball expert is in doubt. Yes, I also recognize that that's more of a self-imposed thing than anything else, but still. The fact remains that baseball is my favorite sport, and therefore I "care" more about fantasy baseball.
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