Laurence Simon (who is much more knowledgeable about the current Houston v. Chicago World Series than I am) and I talked briefly last night after the Houston Astros’ close game about how he thought the Series will play out.
Laurence had some interesting predictions that made a lot of sense. This morning I find out that the editors at videogame magazine GameSpot ran a “simulated World Series” on a Microsoft Xbox and came to conclusions that are very similar to Laurence’s predictions.
It’s the classic struggle of human against machine! Gary Kasparov vs. Deep Blue, Laurence Simon vs. Xbox, your Aunt Donna vs. the toilet that won’t flush!
“But it wouldn’t be enough, as Brad Lidge was called in to relieve Chad Qualls…and he dealt heat the likes of which the Sox hadn’t seen all series.”
Um… right now, Lidge serves up homer fodder like Alice and Flo served up meats at Mel’s Diner.
I dunno. I think it’s a mistake to publish your predictions before the actual event because it might skew the outcome. I will be posting my predictions in November, and I think you’ll be amazed at how accurate I am.
I think it’s a mistake to publish your predictions before the actual event because it might skew the outcome.
Of course, if you’re, say, John Kerry, you can’t get the predictions right after the fact, either.