This post is not really about baseball analysis. It’s also not intended to rip on the Los Angeles Angels, although that’s kind of an inevitable offshoot, and not one that I make much effort to avoid. It’s more just philosophizing on numbers, and how they can do weird things sometimes.
Last weekend, I posted an article based on the combined MLB standings since 2010. The A’s happen to lead the AL West division since that arbitrary endpoint, which is neat, so we took a moment to appreciate that success for whatever it might be worth.
- OAK, 961-881
- LAA, 925-917, 36.