Thursday, March 16, 2006  Because deep down you wanted to know
The answer is no.     1. My thesis had a chart that looked like
that. Wrote 90 pages about it. "no" was my conclusion too.    2.
I see 3 distinct zones, but maybe I've had too many coffees.
At the top you have teams that either fight a lot (yeah we're
tough, we'll take all comers) or not at all (hey, we're beyond
that -- winning is just dandy thank you).      In the middle you
have, well the middle. Average in every way. Win some games,
lose some games. Win some fights, lose some fights.      At the
bottom you have teams who are so ridiculously out of contention
that the only joy left for the players or the fans is to take
out the frustration in fights.      I know that's reading a lot
into the data, but hey I can give uniformed opinion with the
best of them. :)    3. The most interesting point I think is the
fact the Western Conference has many more majors than the East.
They use the same refs, right?      The other thing would be how