I talked to him and he will have to get a new computer, they have is IPO are what ever it is, flagged.

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Tell him that he can call his Internet service provider and usually for a small fee theu will give you a different IP. It cost like $5 with Insight cable.

One run games are determined by chance. A team's winning percentage strongly correlates to its record in blowouts, not its record in one run games. Simply explained, good teams are good because they blow out the opposition regularly. Bad teams are bad because they get blown out regularly. One run games are coin flips.

Dusty's problem last year was that the Reds players weren't very good.

The main difference between 2010 and 2011 was the strength of the schedule. Trade KC, Oak, Sea for NYY, TB, and Bal interleague and the NL Central was awful in 2010. Cleveland was much improved in 2011. That, and the health of Rolen, explain the difference in offense between 2010 and 2011.

And the Pirates beat us up pretty good in 2011. We killed the bad teams in 10' but couldn't beat our meat in 2011.

Reds starters logged a respectable 90 quality starts, but the Reds had a rotation ERA of 4.47. That was the fourth-highest mark in the National League. The biggest problem was the long ball, as Reds starters gave up an NL-high 138 home runs.

I think he probably checks out things on here. When he sees his thread, you guys are giving him good ideas. I will simply tell him to check things out if he hasn't.

Ya, i figured he can still read, just not post.

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One of the true prophets of our time.

I can't agree. One run games are great indicator of how good your team/manager is. How many good teams have you seen that have a sub .500 one run wins?

At the same time, the reds won the season series against St. Louis and Milwaukee last year.

I agree with you RR. I always enjoy his posts.

Computer connected directly to the modem

Get to a command prompt. (START, run, cmd).
Type "ipconfig /release" (without the quotes).
Shut down computer.
Turn off computer.
Turn off all ethernet hubs/switches.
Turn off cable/DSL modem.
Leave off overnight.
Turn everything back on.

Network with Router

Log into the router's admin console. (Often http://192.168.1.1/)
Release the IP address. (Method varies by router manufacturer)
Turn off router, ethernet hubs/switches, and the cable/DSL modem.
Leave off overnight.
Turn everything back on.

If you are using a cable/DSL modem and a router, you may wish to connect your computer directly to the cable/DSL modem. Please note that this could significantly impact your system security. This allows your ISP's DHCP to issue you a new (hopefully changed) IP address based of the (hardware) MAC address of your computer's ethernet card.

If all the above has not worked to change your IP address and you have a router, check and see if there is a "Clone MAC Address" option. Using it should change your IP address; however, you'll only be able to do it once (in most cases).

These will not work in all cases. If all else fails contact your internet service provider (ISP) and ask them if they are able to change your IP address or how long your connection needs to be off for your IP address to change.

It seems to be common sense but, if you care to gain wisdom on the subject, here is a paper based on a statistical sampling of MLB from 1900 - 2002, (2032 team seasons total).

http://www.retrosheet.org/Research/SmithD/WinClose.pdf

The 2003 Tigers were 43 - 119 and had an above .500 record in one run games.

There are always exceptions to the rule but good teams have good one-run win percentage.

Apparently you didn't read the article. Record in one run games correlates only slightly to overall winning %. The greater the run differential of the win, the stronger the correlation. The article has graphs which are fairly conclusive based upon 2032 team seasons in 100 years of MLB.

If you think about it, it is really just common sense.

Actually, it is not. The mark of a winner is blowing out a lot of teams. One run games are coin flips. If you google the subject there are many articles saying the same thing.

Yeah I did read it but it doesn't mesh. I agree that if you have more than 2 run leads and are losing the game, you are not a good team. Those are games you're supposed to win. However, it gets a little dicier when it's a one run game. Win those and you're most likely not going to lose multiple run leads.