Talk:Pythagorean expectation

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I am curious if anyone has done any serious analysis as to what one can determine about "clutch" performance based on this concept of Pythagorean expectation. There ought to be a theoretical "correct" result if you assume there is no such thing as "clutch" performance. Observing how the actual results differ from the expectation might point us towards certain 'clutch' behavior to look at, if they exist.

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Hi, I have entirely no expierience with professional baseball, and the term 'runs allowed' makes little sense to me, could someone who would knows what this means clarify this on the page, or create a link to an appropriate page. Thanks. --Neo 21:27, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

It's the number of runs scored by the other team. I think there's also a technical definition that might differ from this in some instances, used in statistics applied only to pitchers rather than to teams as a whole. Michael Hardy 02:11, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
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