re: Some basic numbers about CWS game 1 losers since 1995

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Also, although this is not your error so much as the OP's, the number of CWS finalists who went into the loser's bracket is not the relevant question. It's what proportion of teams that go into the loser's bracket get to the CWS final. 120 teams have gone into the loser's bracket after their first or second game since 1995. 10 of those (8.3%) made it to the final, and only three of 80 first game losers (3.75%) won the CWS (according to his numbers).

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Tough crowd. I'm just laying out some basic numbers. Please interpret how you want. Although I disagree, at this point i think the more relevant question is about teams losing game 1, not so much the loser's bracket in general because there are different paths to the losers bracket.

But yes, your post is correct, but my emphasis was on the teams in the finals, not the entire field. The percentages I gave (5%) is simply 2/40.