After a wild weekend, when John nearly nailed a 7.00, the Index stands at 4.14, below levels attained during the 9-game winning streak.
Do we need a third voice in the booth?
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Sterl Hurl Index in Roller Coaster Ride
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His warble after yesterday's 11-1 win was below 4 seconds, I'm certain.
It was listless, uninspiring and totally lacked energy and enthusiasm.
It's like how I feel anytime Jose Veras is summoned from the bullpen.
Something is very wrong with John.
I think he needs time in Tampa to drink martinis and go to Hooters.
He can rehab with Marte.
Forget hooters -- Mons Venus! He can use my reserved booth.
A linear regression on the NYSI versus winning margin shows a strong negative correlation between winning margin and posted NYSI index.
The equations are:
NYSI(win_margin) = (6.535 +/- 0.3) - (0.235 +/- 0.06) * win_margin
and (where win_margin < 0 = a Yankees loss)
NYSI(win_margin < 0) = 0
The p-values are significant and an adjusted R-squared value around .5 makes me think that with more data the hypothesis will be confirmed. We have nothing to worry about: the man just doesn't get excited about blowout victories.
Adding to the variability is the presence of an extra innings game, which would by common logic add to the excitability of one Mr. John Sterling and increase the NYSI assuming a Yankees win. Testing for an "extra innings effect" in the variability of the NYSI shows, however, that due to a small sample size it is impossible to draw any significant conclusion with a p-value of .33.
Adam,
You are why we blog.
el duque
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