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	<title>Comments on: Recap: Blue Jays 7, Angels 2; Toronto Waits for the Fans to Go to Sleep Before Waking Up</title>
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		<title>By: Arjonn</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2016 20:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It happens for various combinations of reasons. One is that even the best teams seldom reach .600, which means that over a season, they win less than three games out of five. So on average in a single game, a good team&#039;s win expectancy against a poor team isn&#039;t much better than 60%. With that kind of relatively small edge, it doesn&#039;t take much for the stronger team to lose - the opponent&#039;s pitcher has a good game, a good bounce or two, a ball or two where the difference between a hit and an out is being hit a few inches to one side or the other. 

Also, certain matchups can be more or less favorable than others. As a simplified example, a team that prospers by hitting fastballs matches up better against a poor team with fastball pitchers than against an equally poor team with a lot of breaking ball pitchers. 

Another is that even weak teams have streaks when they play better. And good teams aren&#039;t equally good all the time. 

There are lots more possible factors, but I hope these few partly answer your question.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It happens for various combinations of reasons. One is that even the best teams seldom reach .600, which means that over a season, they win less than three games out of five. So on average in a single game, a good team&#8217;s win expectancy against a poor team isn&#8217;t much better than 60%. With that kind of relatively small edge, it doesn&#8217;t take much for the stronger team to lose &#8211; the opponent&#8217;s pitcher has a good game, a good bounce or two, a ball or two where the difference between a hit and an out is being hit a few inches to one side or the other. </p>
<p>Also, certain matchups can be more or less favorable than others. As a simplified example, a team that prospers by hitting fastballs matches up better against a poor team with fastball pitchers than against an equally poor team with a lot of breaking ball pitchers. </p>
<p>Another is that even weak teams have streaks when they play better. And good teams aren&#8217;t equally good all the time. </p>
<p>There are lots more possible factors, but I hope these few partly answer your question.</p>
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		<title>By: Flo &#38; Ed Korzenoski</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2016 18:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ed and I are diehard bluejay fans. We have gone to several games in TO on a several game home stand. We have a hard time with the fact that Bluejays lose against bottom teams. What gives??]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ed and I are diehard bluejay fans. We have gone to several games in TO on a several game home stand. We have a hard time with the fact that Bluejays lose against bottom teams. What gives??</p>
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