http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/203077 Lottery Post Forum Topic: Playing the Statistics en-us Lottery Post RSS Generator http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/203077/1446465 http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/203077/1446465 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:28:21 GMT Coin Toss
333 batting average 3 at bats gets a hit. So if he is 0 for 2 he is probably going to get a hit at the next at bat.

Things just aren't that consistent.

What more likely happens is the .333 hitter goes 0 for 8 in two games and then 6 for 10 in the next two games. Over the long run he's hitting .333, but it definiyly doesn't happen every game.

Assuming a .333 hitter that is 0 for 2 will get a hit the next time up is about the same as standing at a dice table and waiting for 35... [ More ]]]> Coin Toss http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/203077 http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/203077 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:23:21 GMT bomatt
Got to play the percentages, just like baseball. .333 batting average means that one out of

3 at bats gets a hit. So if he is 0 for 2 he is probably going to get a hit at the next at bat.

But if the doesn't, he will be at 0 for 3 then 2 for 6 is expected.

The same with right handed pitchers vs right and left handed batters.

In GA F5, there are 56 combinations of 0s, 10s, 20s, 30s.

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