As promised, here is an explainer for those of you who aren’t up to speed on Advanced Unistats. Unimetrics looks beyond the simple win-loss record, but looks at happened I the past so as to predict the future.
Unimetrics also explains Uni-behavior that might otherwise seem insane to a fat guy in the uppers or his basement (I own my own basement, thank you).
The just ended road trip leads us to believe advanced uniform statistics are being used In Queens. There is no other explanation for the Mets wearing black every day until the final game…unless they were applying WABU
WABU or Winning % After Black Uniforms: the win-loss percentage of the team the day after wearing black. Yesterday the Mets applied WABU and got a win.
InWABU or Inclusive WABU includes wearing black the day after wearing black, as was the case for much of the road trip.
HATE (Hybrids As opposed to Tradition Everyday) focuses on the cap. The Mets tend to apply HATE on the road.
The @formerdirtdart statistics service tracks this data for civilians.
As you will see, it is statistically prudent to wear the hybrids at home tonight.
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UPDATED 6:30 PM 15 May 2011
Uni-METS-rics
HATE: .500 w-pct (5-5) {Hm: 1.000 (1-0); Rd: .444 w-pct (4-5)};
WABU .500 w-pct (3-3) -1 DIFF;
inWABU .714 w-pct (10-4) +17 DIFF
Obviously, the Mets generally win he day after they wear black, if they keep wearing it especially.
Yes, the Sunday win in hybrids/grey counts in all three METS-rics
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Don’t forget, you too can slice and dice numbers any way you wish. Just be sure to make a clever acronym and call it “advanced.”
I’ll be over here looking at Wins, Average and RBI if you need me.
(oh and fellas…this is all just fun. It’s a baseball team.)
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Update: I don’t want to clown around too much given the Wright news, but Terry was wearing a hybrid cap in the press conference.
If you want to know which hat they’ll be wearing for the game, just find out what batting helmet they’re wearing during batting practice