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Originally posted by ChuckElias
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Originally posted by Dan_ref
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Used to be we could say the Red Sox won a world series every
time there was a revolution in Russia. Sadly, even that streak was broken! 
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Kinda amazing that you're statistically more likely to be able to see two Haley's Comets than two Bosox World Series wins,isn't it?
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Ok, now I know that this is all good fun, and I certainly don't take any of it too personally, but we should at least get some facts straight. The Red Sox have won five World Series, including the very first one in 1903. They would've won again in '04, except that the NL champions refused to play against the "upstart" league. In any case, they won in 1903, '12, '15, '16, '18. Now I know all you Yankees gloaters, I mean fans, only care about "What have you done for me lately?". And obviously, the Sox haven't done much lately. But 5 championships in 100 years is a larger statistical result than the number of times Halley's Comet is visible from Earth in 100 years. [/B][/QUOTE]
We call this kind of bursty activity "spurious perturbation" generally safe to ignore when looking for trends of statistical significance. In other words, what have you done lately?
BTW, this is gonna get a lot worse, as long as the Yanks can manage to keep winning. Gloat, gloat.
