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2007 MLB Final Rankings

ThunderThumbs — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:36:12 +0000

After Round 209 – the conclusion of the Red Sox sweeping the Rockies, here is the final beatpath graph of the 2007 Major League Baseball Season.

At the end of the regular season, the Beatpaths graph picked either the Red Sox or the Yankees to beat the Rockies in the World Series. The only thing that happened that wasn’t quite true to regular season form was the Indians defeating the Yankees.

The actual rankings are the same as they were at the conclusion of the regular season, with the following teams considered tied:

Angels, Rockies
Blue Jays, Padres
Giants, Braves
Cardinals, Brewers
White Sox, Orioles
Devil Rays, Royals

2007 MLB Playoffs, Round 205

ThunderThumbs — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:24:10 +0000

The Championship Series are over, and the World Series is about to start. Here’s the beatpath graph for the season.

The rankings are still the same they’ve been since Round 196, and the Red Sox are still favored to win over the Rockies, although it’s close.

2007 MLB Playoffs, Rounds 199 and 200

ThunderThumbs — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:20:12 +0000

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 be performing better than expected? Did they go through any sort of personnel improvements late in the season that were more significant than any improvements the Yankees or Red Sox made?

2007 MLB Playoffs, Round 197

ThunderThumbs — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:56:16 +0000

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 picked to lose the World Series to the winner of the ALCS.

2007 MLB Playoffs, Round 196

ThunderThumbs — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 01:06:27 +0000

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 Indians had beaten the Yankees three times in a row, then they would have shed their beatloss. But if the Yankees win in game 3, then it looks like they’ll keep their beatwin through the conclusion of the series, even if they lose the series.

Update: Salonners sent by King Kaufman, check the main site for what’s going on. That’ll make things marginally clearer.

2007 MLB Playoffs, rounds 194 and 195

ThunderThumbs — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 09:55:58 +0000

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.

Round 195 (Thursday’s games) have no effect. The Indians’ victory over the Yankees is merely seen as an upset, that doesn’t change the graph or the rankings in any way.

FYI, a “round” is a set of games that is guaranteed to not have a team play twice. In the case of double-headers, a round might only be one game. Other times, a round might contain games of almost every team. Since opening day, there have been 195 rounds. (This is what gets me thinking I should automate this more so that beatpaths.com gets autoposted whenever a round is completed…)

2007 MLB Playoffs Beatpath Graph!

ThunderThumbs — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 05:22:27 +0000

I was bored tonight so I plugged in the entire Major League Baseball season for 2007.

I don’t follow baseball at all, so you baseball nuts will have to tell me how this looks. This is the season-ending beatpath graph and power rankings, using the same system I use for the NFL. It includes the Rockies’ playoff win over the Padres. Does it look about right? I haven’t even looked at the standings. What about it is interesting?

About the power rankings… ignore the “Last Week” column – that’s actually just the team names an arbitrary order that I pasted from some website.

Rank	Team	Notes	Last Week	BeatPower
1	Red Sox	*(Bye)* I actually have the Red Sox flat-out tied with the Yankees for #1, and the only reason the Red Sox are ranked ahead is because their team name was listed first in that arbitrary listing I typed in. So… an entire season, and the Red Sox and Yankees are flat-out tied.	18	90.7 (22/27 – 0/27)
2	Yankees	*(Bye)* I think I used to be a Red Sox fan ahead of a Yankees fan (my New York team was the LA Dodgers)… but aren’t the Red Sox just another multibajillionaire behemoth now anyway?	19	90.4 (21/26 – 0/26)
3	Indians	*(Bye)* Seriously, from here on down I’m not even sure who has made the playoffs. I know the Rockies… Diamondbacks… Angels?	23	82.0 (18/25 – 2/25)
4	Rockies	*(Beat Padres)* Considering I’m a Broncos fan, you’d think I’d know more about this… I suppose I’m vaguely thrilled, though… and I did see that hilight of that guy almost touching home plate against the Padres. Looks like it hurt. Oh… I actually have the Rockies and Angels tied.	13	87.5 (18/24 – 0/24)
5	Angels	*(Bye)* Rockies and Angels are tied.	27	90.0 (20/25 – 0/25)
6	Tigers	*(Bye)* …	24	78.0 (17/25 – 3/25)
7	Diamondbacks	*(Bye)* Diamondbacks and Dodgers are tied…	12	79.5 (15/22 – 2/22)
8	Dodgers	*(Bye)* Dodgers and Diamondbacks are tied…	14	79.5 (15/22 – 2/22)
9	Phillies	*(Bye)* …	4	65.4 (14/26 – 6/26)
10	Mariners	*(Bye)* …	29	77.1 (14/24 – 1/24)
11	Padres	*(Lost to Rockies)* …	15	73.8 (12/21 – 2/21)
12	Blue Jays	*(Bye)* …	21	82.7 (17/26 – 0/26)
13	Twins	*(Bye)* …	26	70.8 (16/24 – 6/24)
14	Mets	*(Bye)* …	3	53.6 (13/28 – 11/28)
15	Athletics	*(Bye)* …	28	48.1 (12/26 – 13/26)
16	Braves	*(Bye)* Braves and Giants are tied…	1	57.7 (11/26 – 7/26)
17	Giants	*(Bye)* Giants and Braves are tied…	16	42.9 (11/28 – 15/28)
18	Marlins	*(Bye)* …	2	37.5 (10/28 – 17/28)
19	Cubs	*(Bye)* …	6	34.5 (9/29 – 18/29)
20	Nationals	*(Bye)* …	5	27.8 (7/27 – 19/27)
21	Rangers	*(Bye)* …	30	36.1 (3/18 – 8/18)
22	Brewers	*(Bye)* Brewers and Cardinals are tied.	9	55.0 (3/20 – 1/20)
23	Cardinals	*(Bye)* Cardinals and Brewers are tied.	11	16.0 (3/25 – 20/25)
24	Pirates	*(Bye)* …	10	11.5 (2/26 – 22/26)
25	Orioles	*(Bye)* Orioles and White Sox are tied.	17	10.4 (2/24 – 21/24)
26	White Sox	*(Bye)* White Sox and Orioles are tied.	22	16.0 (2/25 – 19/25)
27	Astros	*(Bye)* The last four teams are basically tied for worst, with the exception of the Astros definitely being better than the Reds.	8	7.7 (1/26 – 23/26)
28	Devil Rays	*(Bye)* …	20	2.1 (0/24 – 23/24)
29	Royals	*(Bye)* …	25	5.8 (0/26 – 23/26)
30	Reds	*(Bye)* …	7	2.0 (0/25 – 24/25)

Beatpaths » MLB

2007 MLB Final Rankings

2007 MLB Playoffs, Round 205

2007 MLB Playoffs, Rounds 199 and 200

2007 MLB Playoffs, Round 197

2007 MLB Playoffs, Round 196

2007 MLB Playoffs, rounds 194 and 195

2007 MLB Playoffs Beatpath Graph!

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18

90.7

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90.4

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23

82.0

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13

87.5

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27

90.0

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24

78.0

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12

79.5

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14

79.5

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65.4

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29

77.1

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15

73.8

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21

82.7

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26

70.8

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53.6

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28

48.1

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57.7

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42.9

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37.5

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34.5

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27.8

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30

36.1

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55.0

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16.0

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11.5