08-13-2015, 04:04 PM
The Grantland article points out the phenomena to explain the Cardinals good fortune this season - they refer to it as 'cluster luck', we know it as Voodoo Magic.
In 2013 Cardinal's Voodoo Magic was focused on the offensive side of RISP, this year it's the pitching side of RISP - stranding base runners.
I'm interested in seeing how the correlations change if the games against the Cubs were excluded as Cubs are notorious for stranding base runners and have played a disproportional number of games against the Cards.
More interestingly is which of the Voodoo gods will the Cardinals organization sacrifice to next season?
https://grantland.com/the-triangle/2015-...ster-luck/
In 2013 Cardinal's Voodoo Magic was focused on the offensive side of RISP, this year it's the pitching side of RISP - stranding base runners.
I'm interested in seeing how the correlations change if the games against the Cubs were excluded as Cubs are notorious for stranding base runners and have played a disproportional number of games against the Cards.
More interestingly is which of the Voodoo gods will the Cardinals organization sacrifice to next season?
https://grantland.com/the-triangle/2015-...ster-luck/