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The Valenti Show

Taking Your Calls on FanGraph's Odds For Tigers To Make Postseason

The Valenti Show

Audacy

Sports

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

The guys go to the people in this segment, taking your calls on FanGraph's odds for the Tigers to make the postseason.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Now David's the last man standing. He is not subscribed. I have submitted to the universe. I'm not even trying to figure it out.

0:07.6

Tigers are making the playoffs. We go to Dan on a cell.

0:10.8

Danny, what's going on, buddy? Mike, what's going on buddy? Mike what's going on guys hey Rick how you doing?

0:16.0

Excellent. What's on your mind?

0:18.0

This team reminds me of my 2011 Cardinals that really use the voodoo and took the life on a Ron Washington

0:24.0

my favorite haircut and all majorly baseball and uh...

0:27.6

for Ron Washington

0:29.6

well you said it you said it Mike and i i told Doug and Gator Chris Feder is the new you know

0:35.9

the Dan who are trying to get a good teacher pitch the new he's like the new uh... he's like the new Leo Mizoni or Mel Stottelmeyer and they've got it they don't get it he's the new Dave Dunkin he's the new Dave Dunkin right so I'm there was a And so when I look at that 2011 Cardinals team, but Ryan Ferrio, come on, David Fries used to play baseball next to my house at the community college, those guys weren't stars.

1:00.0

They just found the right stroke at the right time and really went through the playoffs on that

1:06.2

miracle of the Infield flight rule against the brains in 2011 and they just found the right chemistry towards the end of the year and I think that's

1:14.8

I think that's what the Tigers have done here that's hell of the hell over even to watch them

1:18.8

so yeah I mean listen Danny it's it's something very simple is that 90% of sports can make sense and it can be pragmatic and based on math and like I've spent my career. I'm pragmatic and I am cynical. That's just how I am am but there has to be a 10% where it

1:35.9

doesn't make sense and the best teams don't win or the odds aren't representative

1:41.0

of what actually happens like Northern Illinois beat Notre Dame.

1:44.0

How?

1:45.0

They could play a hundred times.

1:47.0

That might be the one time it has.

1:49.0

That's why we keep coming back for more.

1:51.0

See, I think the odds are even greater than that, Mike.

1:53.7

Then 51%?

1:54.8

No, no, the 90% things go the way they're supposed to.

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