Earlier today I taught you a new word:
Phamish: vt, to disillusion an opponent by having your erroneously excluded stats suddenly included in your team’s results.
I used it to tell you the moving story of how correcting the unjust omission of Tommy Pham’s stats helped the Rosebuds replace the Wolverines atop the EFL standings, like this:
EFL | ||||||
TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB | RS | RA |
Portland Rosebuds | 90 | 50 | .644 | — | 752.8 | 547.7 |
Old Detroit Wolverines | 91 | 51 | .642 | — | 703.8 | 516.7 |
Brookland Outs | 80 | 60 | .574 | 9.8 | 746.1 | 649.9 |
Canberra Kangaroos | 79 | 62 | .560 | 11.7 | 652.0 | 582.6 |
Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 75 | 66 | .535 | 15.2 | 746.2 | 700.6 |
Flint Hill Tornadoes | 74 | 68 | .520 | 17.4 | 655.2 | 625.4 |
Haviland Dragons | 71 | 70 | .502 | 19.8 | 658.2 | 649.1 |
Cottage Cheese | 67 | 73 | .481 | 22.8 | 667.5 | 693.0 |
Kaline Drive | 66 | 75 | .468 | 24.6 | 610.5 | 652.8 |
Peshastin Pears | 65 | 75 | .464 | 25.2 | 599.0 | 645.0 |
D.C. Balk | 62 | 79 | .437 | 29 | 614.4 | 696.4 |
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I hesitate to revisit this scene, because I’m not sure how much drama you can handle in a day, but this is one media outlet which will never hide the truth from you. I need to teach you another new word:
Dephamation, n.: the act of reversing a phamishment.
Earlier this afternoon I received the following note from the Top Rosebud:
Is it me, or are the stats a day behind?
Mostly just trying to make sure I have my roster adjustments and needed.
EFL after games of Roseday, September 7 1/2, 2018 | ||||||
Team | Wins | Losses | Pct. | GB | RS | RA |
Old Detroit Wolverines | 91 | 51 | .644 | — | 712.7 | 518.4 |
Portland Rosebuds | 90 | 50 | .644 | 0.2 | 759.6 | 550.1 |
Brookland Outs | 80 | 60 | .574 | 10.1 | 746.1 | 649.9 |
Canberra Kangaroos | 79 | 62 | .560 | 12 | 652.5 | 582.9 |
Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 75 | 66 | .535 | 15.5 | 741.0 | 697.0 |
Flint Hill Tornadoes | 74 | 68 | .520 | 17.6 | 659.0 | 627.7 |
Haviland Dragons | 70 | 71 | .500 | 20.5 | 658.6 | 653.4 |
Cottage Cheese | 67 | 73 | .481 | 23.1 | 667.9 | 693.3 |
Kaline Drive | 66 | 75 | .469 | 24.8 | 610.2 | 650.6 |
Peshastin Pears | 65 | 75 | .464 | 25.4 | 599.1 | 644.4 |
D.C. Balk | 61 | 80 | .435 | 29.6 | 608.8 | 694.2 |
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Old Detroit: DNP, 9 – 2, winning percentage up 0.002.
Portland: DNP, 7 – 2, winning percentage unchanged (to the third decimal)
Brookland: DNP, 0.0 – 0.0. Again!? There may be another shoe to fall, because this still seems improbable.
Canberra: DNP, 0.5 – 0.3. Pct: unchanged
Pittsburgh: DNP, 5 – 4. Pct: unchanged
Flint Hill: DNP, 4 – 2. Pct: unchanged
Haviland: W (-1), L 1; 0 – 4. Pct: down 0.002.
Cottage: DNP, 0.4 – 0.3. Maybe Brookland really did hit the stability jackpot. The Cheese show real, but very small, effects of players having appeared on Roseday. Pct: unchanged.
Kaline: DNP, (- 0) – (-2). Pct: down 0.001.
Peshastin: DNP, 0 – (-1). Pct. unchanged.
D.C. W (-1), L 1; (-6) – (-2). Pct: down 0.002.
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I apologize for this untidiness. We seem to keep discovering new ways that the database, BP, and I can make errors throwing the ball around.
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On the other hand, September may be a thriller of a month with the Rosebuds and the Wolverines trading places repeatedly. We did it twice just today! The more excitment the better, right?