Re: [EM] World Series and EC

2002-02-03 Thread Anthony Simmons
From: Adam Tarr [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [EM] World Series and EC But most importantly, I think the analogy is a poor one, because we expect and desire this inconsistency in baseball, and sports in general. Not only is the World Series inconsistent due to the multi-game format (why

Re: [EM] World Series and EC

2002-02-01 Thread Anthony Simmons
From: Adam Tarr [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [EM] World Series and EC But most importantly, I think the analogy is a poor one, because we expect and desire this inconsistency in baseball, and sports in general. Not only is the World Series inconsistent due to the multi-game format (why

[EM] World Series and EC

2002-01-31 Thread Alexander Small
Regarding the post arguing that the world series was close in number of games won but not in number of home runs: I had this argument by e-mail with Alan Natapoff, who has argued that the EC gives more power per voter than popular elections. The main difference is that elections pick leaders,

[EM] World Series and EC

2002-01-31 Thread Anthony Simmons
From: Alexander Small [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [EM] World Series and EC Regarding the post arguing that the world series was close in number of games won but not in number of home runs: I had this argument by e-mail with Alan Natapoff, who has argued that the EC gives more power per

Re: [EM] World Series and EC

2002-01-31 Thread Richard Moore
Alexander Small wrote: I had this argument by e-mail with Alan Natapoff, who has argued that the EC gives more power per voter than popular elections. The main difference is that elections pick leaders, while baseball is serious business ;) Voters are people with rights while homeruns are