[Gotham Dark Knight]

Okay BBB,

Here is an interesting stat just for you. From a random sampling of the Atlantic Hurricane Season 1999-2002 it can be seen that the record of the Pittsburg Pirates is directly proportional to how active the hurricane season is.

1999 14 named storms - 78 wins
2000 11 named storms - 69 wins
2001 9 named storms - 62 wins
2002 13 named storms -72 wins

Clearly then my friend, you can forget about bird migration in Peru...the Pirates season is really dependent on Hurricane activity in the Atlantic...

[wvuauthor]

This could be a good thing right? We had a few storms this year!!

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by wvuauthor

This could be a good thing right? We had a few storms this year!!

That depends WVU...were they named storms...

[wvuauthor]

ohhhhh...I missed that part..haha..well I guess we ll see right??

[BigBadBuc]

Gotham,

I think one of those storms killed a few of those mina birds in peru and it was right at that point in time that the Bucs started going down hill. My uncle was a mina in West Virginia and so I'm not that enthralled with the mina bird factor and I know nothing about Peru.

To your point, The Miami hurricanes probably had an affect on the college football standings but the others may have a bearing on the Bucco ship this year. We'll just have to see how the Pirates weather the storm.

I hope this didn't make any sense or I will be extremely disappointed.

BBB

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by wvuauthor

ohhhhh...I missed that part..haha..well I guess we ll see right??

Yep...though I wrote it in jest for BBB, after his comments on the birds in Peru/Soriano posts...but we will see how such a theory holds this season...

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by BigBadBuc

Gotham,

I think one of those storms killed a few of those mina birds in peru and it was right at that point in time that the Bucs started going down hill. My uncle was a mina in West Virginia and so I'm not that enthralled with the mina bird factor and I know nothing about Peru.

To your point, The Miami hurricanes probably had an affect on the college football standings but the others may have a bearing on the Bucco ship this year. We'll just have to see how the Pirates weather the storm.

I hope this didn't make any sense or I will be extremely disappointed.

BBB

BBB, have no fear; once again you have truly captured the essence of the argument in a clear, concise, and spirited way. Note though that this is a working theory based on a random sampling of both storms and baseball records.

Also note that the introduction of such factors as the minas of West Virginia (as opposed to those of the Southern Region of Peru) has created a kind of Cognitive Dissonance within my original train of thought, and I find myself at a cross road of sort...one in which I can not fully embrace the storm/record theory without extensive research on the minas of West Virginia and their indirect influence on the outcome of the Bucs seasons.

I will however endeavor to persevere in my efforts, and will restructure said theory to fully take into account all known variables that you have so astutely mentioned.

I thank you for showing me the error of my way, and for providing greater clarity in my ever-present attempt to tie baseball statistics to chaos theory.

[BigBadBuc]

Gotham,

All Iv'e got to say is that these stat geeks got nothin' on us.

Your board bud

BBB

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by BigBadBuc

Gotham,

All Iv'e got to say is that these stat geeks got nothin' on us.

Your board bud

BBB

BBB, wait til we hit them with the upcoming book...BEYOND GEEK STATUS: A look at the numbers, within the numbers, within the numbers...

you and me together...forget about it!