Someone made a major league in which all the players were Bartolo Colon. Here is the summary of the first game:
The teams combine for 8 hits in the first 11 innings, and from the 12th inning to the 17th inning, nobody on either side gets a single hit. There are 47 total strikeouts in the entire game -?? 25 for the Cardinals, and 22 for the Cubs. There is one walk in the entire game. Both starters go 8 scoreless before being pulled for pinch hitters (yeah, I don’t know).
This game is just zeroes after zeroes, and I am beginning to wonder at this point if the game would ever end. Had I created an infinite loop of Bartolo? Would it be possible for this season to even start, let alone end, if games were infinite? Finally though, in the 18th inning, the Cardinals break through on an error and score 2 runs. They win the game, 2-0. It took 18 innings.
Oh dear lord what have I gotten myself into.
What I really like, however, is the final standings. These 30 teams are identical, yet the best team went 90-73, and worst 70-92, a 20 game difference. That’s a good measure of the amount of luck in a season, and why teams that don’t look good on paper sometimes win.
Many years ago I wrote this season simulator to explore that very idea.
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/29WCB1j
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