John, I have to ask.

What did you base your feelings about the Red Sox on?

I suspect you looked at the players on the team, considered their ability,
and came to a conclusion.

Unless you're telling me you based your feelings on no data whatsoever.

On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Beaudoin, John <[email protected]>wrote:

>  Huh?
> I don't get it.
> People have feelings.
> Data is stored in computers.
>
> ------------------------------
>  *From*: [email protected] <[email protected]>
>
> *To*: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> *Sent*: Sun Jun 06 14:34:39 2010
> *Subject*: Re: Highest scoring
>
> John, what you don't seem to get is that your feelings, or anyone's
> feelings for that matter, are irrelevant when it comes to each individual's
> take on the team.
>
> People aren't going to say, "Well I've looked at this team, and I think
> it's a 91 game team.  But wait, let me check out how John B. is 
> *feeling*because I can't come to any personal conclusions without that 
> critical
> information."
>
> I prefer to come to my own conclusions.  I'm not a big one for listening to
> pundits.
>
> On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Beaudoin, John 
> <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>>  Strength of remaining schedule plays into it I’m sure.  I’m not
>> surprised.
>>
>>
>>
>> However, I am surprised that the BS of numbers still weighs heavy in the
>> minds of supposed baseball soothsayers.  Doesn’t anyone just have a good
>> feeling about a team?
>>
>>
>>
>> This is a good team.  It’s not a rebuilding year.
>>
>> They had one bad month and then an above average month.
>>
>> Now they need to play one or two games above their current pace to make
>> the play-offs and that’s 4 or 5 games above Ray’s estimate of 91 games.
>>
>>
>>
>> I’m confident and I’m happy.
>>
>>
>>
>> This is an enjoyable season already regardless of what happens.  I don’t
>> understand all the misery.  One thing I do take back whole-heartedly is my
>> statement that Ortiz is done without steroids.
>>
>>
>>  ------------------------------
>>
>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:
>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Steve Gendron
>> *Sent:* Sunday, June 06, 2010 12:05 PM
>> *To:* [email protected]
>> *Subject:* RE: Highest scoring
>>
>>
>>
>> I find it odd that the Yankee odds are lower than the Red Sox?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  ------------------------------
>>
>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:
>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Steve Ouellette
>> *Sent:* Sunday, June 06, 2010 9:18 AM
>> *To:* [email protected]
>> *Subject:* Re: Highest scoring
>>
>> Baseball Prospectus current odds to make the playoffs. These are their
>> Pecota odds, which figures in the quality of the team, strength of schedule,
>> etc. -- not just their current mathematical numbers (thus the small chance
>> for the over-their-head Blue Jays):
>>
>> Rays  79%
>> Yankees  50%
>> Blue Jays  13%
>> Red Sox  55%
>> Wild-Card from out-of-division: 2%
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 8:57 AM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> BTW, how much better would the Jays be if they still had Halladay.
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 8:15 AM, Steve Ouellette <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  The Red Sox are now the highest scoring team in baseball. Amazingly, the
>> top four run scoring teams are all in the AL East.
>>
>> Steve O
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