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The Numbers Are In

Sorry for the delay, folks. I've finally finished crunching the numbers for the 2006 MLB Team Chemistry Indices. This year's TCI's were especially difficult to calculate, but I think you'll find them especially revealing. (A complete explanation of the formula can be found at the end of the post.)

Anyway, on to the numbers and some explanatory comments!

== 2006 MLB Team Chemistry Index [(c) 2006 FJM] ==

1. STL -- 167.78 (+
Not much of a surprise here. Great leadership by gritty veterans like Edmonds and Rolen. Another cohesive ship helmed by LaRussa. And oh -- let's not forget a little thing called Eckstein.

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TCI Forumla:
As always, the TCI for each team is derived from a series of random numbers.

This year, teams were ranked by batters hit by pitches in the month of May. (The number in parentheses for each team is just the total number of HBP relative to the number 12.)

Once teams were ranked, TCI was computed by using the total domestic box office gross (in millions) of the top 30 films from 1987. Cardinals = "Three Men And A Baby"; Brewers = "Good Morning, Vietnam" and so on.

Then it's time for some ridiculous "Power Rankings" like comments, and that's pretty much it. Now that I'm done with this I kind of forgot what the point of this exercise was. Oh well.

See the full comments at his blog:
FIRE JOE MORGAN: The Numbers Are In