Playoff Odds Report - please explain

redtiger — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:28:00 -0000

I noticed today that the playoff odds report from Accuscore puts the Brewers at a 94.2% chance of making the playoffs. The Cubs are at 99.3%. Similarly, the Cubs take the division at about 80% and the Brewers at 19%, leaving a few percentage points for the Cardinals, and I suppose Astros.

Can someone please explain the significance of the playoff odds report to me? It doesn't seem intuitive to me to suggest that there is only an approximately 6 percent chance that, say, the Phillies finish 16-8 and the Brewers finish 10-15. Not that I think that would be likely - truly a collapse by the Brewers. Similarly, the Brewers could tie the division by going 16-9, if the Cubs stumbled to 11-13.

But would it be a collapse of the epic proportions that the playoff odds report is suggesting?

Tips on Miller Park Tix

redtiger — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:58:04 -0000

I know its been asked before in about a dozen posts in BrewCrew gangbang history, but what are the cheapest tickets one can get at Miller Park and still get a decent view of the game?

My cheapskate expatriate family will be attending for the first time in years in July, and after years of exposure to various minor league teams around the Northeast, we just can't cough up the big bucks for the best seats. On the other hand, we only get back to Milwaukee once every few years, so I'll willing to get more than the nosebleeds.

Thanks in advance.

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Playoff Odds Report - please explain

Tips on Miller Park Tix