No changes in the rankings or beatpath graph for the baseball games so far, through Sunday’s games. The Indians are still seen as inferior to both the Yankees and the Red Sox, but would still be favored over the Rockies in the World Series. Any baseball fans here with theories on why the Indians might [...]
Interesting bunch of games. At this point, before MNF, the rankings actually look rather stable compared to last week. There’s only one team that has moved more than four slots in the rankings either direction, and that’s Tampa Bay. We have the same top eighteen teams and the same bottom fourteen teams. More after MNF.
This round includes the Indians’ elimination of the Yankees, and the Rockies’ game 1 win over the Diamondbacks. After the round, the beatpath graph and rankings are the same they were in Round 196. Indians over Yankees is seen as an upset. At this point, judging from the entire season so far, the Rockies are [...]
In my campaign to eventually someday be included on King Kaufman’s Panel O’ Experts and compete for his grand prize of dinner at his house, even though I’ll never win, I will be publishing picks for the upcoming week from now on. Please note that if you actually use pure beatpaths picks for your own [...]
It’s kind of a fun idea for a weekly feature: What If? Most games don’t have a huge effect on the graph, but some do. Since the teams are so interdependent, sometimes an unexpected result can lead to a massive paradigm shift. And sometimes a tiny change can have huge results. What if Buffalo had [...]
Argh! I was so hoping for Buffalo to win, because of the wildly different graph it would have created. I was stunned just watching the highlights in the bar I was at tonight after rehearsal with my band. An onside kick, are you kidding me? The NFC West collapses, Pittsburgh rises, and San Diego rises, [...]
We’re getting some increased traffic (clicking my ads will help btw!), so I thought I’d take the opportunity to explain a couple of things regarding what this site is about. I’ve written about it elsewhere, but more’s always better! A beatpath graph is a graphical representation of all of the games/matches in a season. It [...]
I was playing with scenarios today and all I’ve got to say is that if Buffalo beats Dallas tonight… we’ll have quite the controversial beatpath graph. If you look at the
Through the games of Sat, Oct 6th, the rankings are still identical, with the following notes: Angels and Rockies are tied Blue Jays and Padres are tied Giants and Braves are tied Cardinals and Brewers are tied White Sox and Orioles are tied Devil Rays and Royals are tied One other curiosity – if the [...]
After the first day of the MLB playoffs, the power rankings were exactly the same, except that the Red Sox really are ranked #1 ahead of the Yankees, and the Diamondbacks really are ranked ahead of the Dodgers. The graph looks identical with the exception of the Red Sox developing a beatpath over the Angels. [...]