http://baseball.blog.imaginesports.com/ The official blog of Imagine Sports, where fantasy sports meet reality. en dean@imaginesports.com Copyright 2008 2008-10-28T00:11:01-08:00 http://baseball.blog.imaginesports.com/post/world-series-game-5-a-toss-up-for-the-sim-upton-iwamura-hold-the-keys/ http://baseball.blog.imaginesports.com/post/world-series-game-5-a-toss-up-for-the-sim-upton-iwamura-hold-the-keys/#When:23:11:01Z The Sim correctly projected a high-scoring affair for game 1 and that one team would score its highest run total for the series.  The Sim projected that most likely to be the Rays, but it turned out to be the Phillies.  The Sim cited Joe Blanton's performance as the key… CEO Posts, Company News, Diamond Mind, Industry News, MLB Playoffs, SIM Analysis, SIM Stats, Tips 2008-10-27T23:11:01-08:00 http://baseball.blog.imaginesports.com/post/even-down-2-1-the-sim-favors-rays-in-world-series-game-4/ http://baseball.blog.imaginesports.com/post/even-down-2-1-the-sim-favors-rays-in-world-series-game-4/#When:19:30:59Z Neither Matt Garza nor the Tampa Bay bullpen pitched as well as projected by The Sim, though The Sim did project Garza not to do as well as he did in his previous start.  However, the Phillies got a slightly better performance from Jamie Moyer than projected.  But the key… CEO Posts, Company News, Diamond Mind, Industry News, MLB Playoffs, SIM Analysis, SIM Stats, Tips 2008-10-26T19:30:59-08:00 http://baseball.blog.imaginesports.com/post/sim-favors-rays-in-world-series-game-3-pens-make-the-difference/ http://baseball.blog.imaginesports.com/post/sim-favors-rays-in-world-series-game-3-pens-make-the-difference/#When:13:05:07Z So, game 2 went as projected by the Diamond Mind simulation - it projected the Rays to win, most likely by more than a run, and that the key would be Shields out-pitching Myers.  Shields pitched 5 and two-thirds of shutout ball, while Myers gave up 4 and took the… CEO Posts, Company News, Diamond Mind, Industry News, MLB Playoffs, SIM Analysis, SIM Stats, Tips 2008-10-25T13:05:07-08:00 http://baseball.blog.imaginesports.com/post/still-feeling-smug-the-sim-likes-rays-in-world-series-game-2/ http://baseball.blog.imaginesports.com/post/still-feeling-smug-the-sim-likes-rays-in-world-series-game-2/#When:21:43:04Z So, the Diamond Mind simulation is feeling good about its call for last night's game... the Phillies topped the Rays in a close 3-2 pitching battles.  The Sim's projections were that game one would be (a) a close game that was a toss-up as to the winner; (b) the Phillies'… CEO Posts, Company News, Diamond Mind, Industry News, MLB Playoffs, SIM Analysis, SIM Stats, Tips 2008-10-23T21:43:04-08:00 http://baseball.blog.imaginesports.com/post/the-sim-predicts-tight-low-scoring-world-series-game-1/ http://baseball.blog.imaginesports.com/post/the-sim-predicts-tight-low-scoring-world-series-game-1/#When:18:53:07Z In our Diamond Mind simulations of the 2008 World Series for ESPN, we projected the Rays as overwhelming favorites to defeat the Phillies and claim their first championship.  In fact, the Rays won a greater percentage of the simulated series than any that we've done over the past few years,… CEO Posts, Company News, Diamond Mind, Industry News, MLB Playoffs, SIM Analysis, SIM Stats, Tips 2008-10-22T18:53:07-08:00 http://baseball.blog.imaginesports.com/post/the-sim-says-tampa-bay-will-go-all-the-way/ http://baseball.blog.imaginesports.com/post/the-sim-says-tampa-bay-will-go-all-the-way/#When:15:15:27Z The 2008 postseason has produced one of the more intriguing World Series match-ups of recent years: a pair of “Cinderella” stories.  The young upstarts from Tampa  Bay, who went from worst to first, beating the defending champion Red Sox and the big market, big-spending Yankees for the AL East title,… CEO Posts, Company News, Diamond Mind, Industry News, MLB Playoffs, SIM Analysis, SIM Stats, Tips 2008-10-22T15:15:27-08:00 http://baseball.blog.imaginesports.com/post/the-sim-projects-toss-up-in-alcs-game-7/ http://baseball.blog.imaginesports.com/post/the-sim-projects-toss-up-in-alcs-game-7/#When:21:42:03Z Well, The Sim predicted the Rays as favorites for game 6, but it said that the key leverage point was the pitching of Josh Beckett... if he pitched well and topped Tampa Bay starter James Shields, the Red Sox would win.  Sure enough, he did just that, allowing only 2… CEO Posts, Company News, Diamond Mind, Industry News, MLB Playoffs, SIM Analysis, SIM Stats, Tips 2008-10-19T21:42:03-08:00 http://baseball.blog.imaginesports.com/post/the-sim-predicts-rays-will-bounce-back-behind-shields/ http://baseball.blog.imaginesports.com/post/the-sim-predicts-rays-will-bounce-back-behind-shields/#When:21:04:56Z Wow, that game 5 was really something.  And, true to form, our Diamond Mind simulation called it: "This indicates a good probability of a high-scoring game, with Boston having the edge if the game is low-scoring and/or close." It was indeed high-scoring, and it was close... giving the edge to… CEO Posts, Company News, Diamond Mind, Industry News, MLB Playoffs, SIM Analysis, SIM Stats, Tips 2008-10-18T21:04:56-08:00 http://baseball.blog.imaginesports.com/post/rays-projected-to-close-out-alcs-in-5-but-can-bosox-do-it-again/ http://baseball.blog.imaginesports.com/post/rays-projected-to-close-out-alcs-in-5-but-can-bosox-do-it-again/#When:17:58:54Z Unfortunately for the Red Sox Nation, our Diamond Mind simulation's prediction that the Tampa hitters would handle Tim Wakefield's knuckleball and then hammer the bullpen turned out to be all-too-prescient.  The Rays hammered Wakefield even better than projected, while the bullpen imploded as projected, leading to a 13-4 Tampa Bay… CEO Posts, Company News, Diamond Mind, Industry News, MLB Playoffs, SIM Analysis, SIM Stats, Tips 2008-10-16T17:58:54-08:00 http://baseball.blog.imaginesports.com/post/the-sim-sees-dodgers-by-a-dread-in-tight-nlcs-game-5/ http://baseball.blog.imaginesports.com/post/the-sim-sees-dodgers-by-a-dread-in-tight-nlcs-game-5/#When:12:29:42Z Sorry, LA.  As a former resident of Los Angeles, I feel your pain.  To make it worse, we called it:   "the Dodger pen projects as having a high risk of being shaky for this game.  So, your key leverage points are whether Lowe is able to do well on… CEO Posts, Company News, Diamond Mind, Industry News, MLB Playoffs, SIM Analysis, SIM Stats, Tips 2008-10-15T12:29:42-08:00