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Mets Have 60 Percent Chance Of Winning League Championship Series, Says Mathematician

10-12-2006 · ScienceDaily

The New York Mets have a 60 percent chance of taking the the National League Championship series, with a 24 percent chance of clinching the deal in six games, said Bruce Bukiet. Bukiet, an associate professor of mathematical sciences at New Jersey Institute of Technology, offers new picks for winning teams based on a mathematical model he developed in 2000.

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