[net.sport.baseball] Line-up Dependencies

dtvh@drutx.UUCP (VanHandelDT) (09/30/85)

>.......................................It is not just my responsibility to
>prove that lineup dependencies exist. It is also yours to prove that
>they don't!

You surprise me, Paul!!!  You should know neither of these can be proved -
the best that can be done by David or yourself is to provide evidence to
support your claims!!!


Dan Van Handel 
drutx!dtvh

dpb@philabs.UUCP (Paul Benjamin) (10/04/85)

> 
> >.......................................It is not just my responsibility to
> >prove that lineup dependencies exist. It is also yours to prove that
> >they don't!
> 
> You surprise me, Paul!!!  You should know neither of these can be proved -
> the best that can be done by David or yourself is to provide evidence to
> support your claims!!!
> 
> Dan Van Handel 
> drutx!dtvh

Absolutely. I know neither of these can be proved. I was responding to 
his assertion that I had to show that lineup dependency does exist,
but he didn't have to show that it doesn't. His assumption seems to be
that his position is true until I show it false.

Recall my earlier statements that stats cannot prove anything (either
pro or con), and that this whole controversy is merely a matter of
opinion.