Sounds like BS to me
by sprack (2024-01-11 17:24:01)
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Ken Brett played one year for the Phillies. Johnny Oates played 2 years.

The fact that the incidence rate is 3 times the national
by baronbutler  (2024-01-16 18:22:12)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

average does not seem particularly statistically significant, though I'm certainly not an expert. It just seems like it could just as easily be blamed by coincidence.

It’s how junk science gets started
by sprack  (2024-01-17 11:25:37)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Take something statistically insignificant and unprovable and blow it out of proportion. It’s exactly how the anti-vax movement got started.

Fortunately in this particular case Veterans Stadium no longer exists so no mass hysteria will result from this.
Similar to a point I made in old thread on this topic
by bizdomer09  (2024-01-17 09:24:58)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

The thread is linked. My post “so 3x2=6” includes some amateur statistical gymnastics,
FWIW.