# Cubs/Dodgers Joke of Baseballs unwritten rules

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cubs-dodgers-joke-of-baseballs-unwritten-rules/579495>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [April 23, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cubs-dodgers-joke-of-baseballs-unwritten-rules/579495 "2011-04-23T20:00:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cubs-dodgers-joke-of-baseballs-unwritten-rules/579495/21 "2011-04-24T19:28:03Z")

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> [@Munch](#):
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> I’m not arguing for or against the rules - just that a 2% chance of winning is both insignificant and extremely rare. However, it seems to me that people who get paid to play this game have noticed a few trends, and are willing to dial it back a few notches so that they get a near-certainty over with so they can go home. There are 162 games in a season - that’s a long, hard, grueling schedule. I don’t begrudge anyone for coming to a near-universally agreed upon understanding to alleviate that just a little bit.

Alright, using [this tool](http://www.baseball-reference.com/play-index/inning_summary.cgi#showform&year=2010&team_id=NYY&ajax=1&submitter=1) I found 4 teams that blew leads of 7 or more last year. So it’s a rare event, but it is something that happens.

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cubs-dodgers-joke-of-baseballs-unwritten-rules/579495/22 "2011-04-24T19:33:46Z")

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> [@treis](#):
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> Alright, using [this tool](http://www.baseball-reference.com/play-index/inning_summary.cgi#showform&year=2010&team_id=NYY&ajax=1&submitter=1) I found 4 teams that blew leads of 7 or more last year. So it’s a rare event, but it is something that happens.

Wow - that’s a pretty sweet tool. Did you go through all the teams with that? I wonder if there’s something that would show all the games with a comeback of X after the Y inning in year Z. That just seems to have largest blown lead per team, unless I’m reading that wrong.

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**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cubs-dodgers-joke-of-baseballs-unwritten-rules/579495/23 "2011-04-24T19:41:48Z")

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> [@Munch](#):
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> Wow - that’s a pretty sweet tool. Did you go through all the teams with that? I wonder if there’s something that would show all the games with a comeback of X after the Y inning in year Z. That just seems to have largest blown lead per team, unless I’m reading that wrong.

I just went team by team. I’m sure there is a way to find blown lead after x inning but that was quick and easier.

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