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  • MLB Rankings – 6/19/2012

    StatsInTheWild MLB rankings as of June 19, 2012 at 10:37am.  SOS=strength of schedule Team Rank Change Record ESPN TR SOS NYY 1 ↑1 41-25 2 1 5 Texas 2 ↓1 41-27 4 3 13 Tampa Bay 3 – 37-29 7 4 2 Baltimore 4 ↑4 39-28 18 2 3 Toronto 5 ↓1 34-33 15 8…

  • Updated Tennis Number 1’s Plot

    Here is my updated tennis plot of all of the number 1’s post-French Open: The 19 number 1’s. Cheers.

  • MLB rankings – 6/9/2012

    StatsInTheWild MLB rankings as of June 9, 2012 at 10:13am.  SOS=strength of schedule Team Rank Change Record ESPN TeamRankings.com SOS Texas 1 – 34-25 1 2 13 NYY 2 ↑3 32-25 10 3 5 Tampa Bay 3 ↓1 33-25 7 1 3 Toronto 4 ↑3 30-28 18 5 2 Boston 5 ↑4 29-29 12 9…

  • Paul Konerko

    I jsut read this article (Paul Konerko Is An MVP Candidate, And Possibly Psychic) on Deadpsin.  Paul Konerko is having a very good year so far.  So good that he showed up at number 1 in my rankings.  At first, I thought this must be a mistake.  How could he be ahead of Josh Hamilton who has…

  • MLB rankings – 5/28/2012

    StatsInTheWild MLB rankings as of May 28, 2012 at 1:30pm.  SOS=strength of schedule Some comments: ESPN ranking the Dodgers number 1 is an absolute joke.  Yeah, they have the best record in baseball, but they also have the weakest schedule in baseball.  38 of their 47 games so far, almost 81%, have been against teams…

  • MLB Rankings – 5/23/2012

    StatsInTheWild MLB rankings as of May 23, 2012 at 11:51pm.  SOS=strength of schedule Team Rank Change Record ESPN TeamRankings.com SOS Texas 1 – 27-18 3 2 14 Baltimore 2 ↑3 28-17 2 1 5 Toronto 3 ↑4 24-21 8 5 3 TampaBay 4 ↑4 27-18 5 4 4 LADodgers 5 ↓1 30-13 1 3 30…

  • Shan Carter (and an army of others) share some sketches from the NYT electoral map

    via @freakonometrics: Shan Carter (and an army of others) share some sketches from the NYT electoral map   Cheers.

  • MLB Rankings – 5/14/2012

    StatsInTheWild MLB rankings as of May 14, 2012 at 8am. Team Rank Change Record ESPN TeamRankings.com Texas 1 ↑1 22-13 1 1 Atlanta 2 ↑2 22-13 4 3 St. Louis 3 – 20-14 5 6 LA Dodgers 4 ↑4 23-11 2 4 Baltimore 5 ↓4 22-13 3 2 Washington 6 – 21-13 6 7 Toronto…

  • Sketches: How Mariano Rivera Compares to Baseball’s Best Closers

    Sketches: How Mariano Rivera Compares to Baseball’s Best Closers

  • MLB Rankings – 5/7/2012

    StatsInTheWild MLB rankings as of May 7, 2012 at 8am. Team Rank Change Record ESPN TeamRankings.com Baltimore 1 ↑5 19-9 6 1 Texas 2 ↓1 18-10 2 2 St. Louis 3 ↓1 17-11 5 6 Atlanta 4 ↓1 18-11 7 5 Tampa Bay 5 ↑3 19-10 1 3 Washington 6 ↓1 18-10 4 4 Toronto…