Mathematician Predicts Yankees To Dominate

anthemaniac writes "Computerized projections in sports are nothing new, but Bruce Bukiet of the New Jersey Institute of Technology has developed a model that seems to work pretty well. He projects how many games a Major League Baseball team will win by factoring in how each hitter ought to do against each pitcher in every game. His crystal ball says the Yankees will win 110 games this year, a pretty safe bet, many might agree. But he also projects all the divisional winners. He claims to be right more than wrong in five of the past six years."

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Bah

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Don't Yankees fans predict they will dominate every year? That being said, I never take predictions like this seriously, especially if it is another "Yankees will pwn" claim. Odd, however, that I didn't see anyone predict what the 2001 Seattle Mariners did (116 wins).

Oh, and yes, I am a mathematician (will obtain BA degree in math this June).