"In a fit of scientific skepticism, we decided to calculate how unlikely Joltin' Joe's achievement really was. Using a comprehensive collection of baseball statistics from 1871 to 2005, we simulated the entire history of baseball 10,000 times in a computer. In essence, we programmed the computer to construct an enormous set of parallel baseball universes, all with the same players but subject to the vagaries of chance in each one."
Monday, March 31, 2008
Joe DiMaggio's streak analyzed
A Journey to Baseball’s Alternate Universe - NY Times
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