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Originally Posted by The God Hypothesis
Pressure effects people, and positive/negative actions can release pressure. As the pressure is increased or decreased the positive or negative effects are increased or decreased exponentially. Not magic, momentum.
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But baseball is the most chaotic of the major sports. Look at the ball Pence hit to drive in the third run. If he puts his bat through the zone about five milliseconds sooner he hits it right at Escobar and that threat is over with the game being no worse than 4-3.
If Morse hits that ball five milliseconds later yesterday, the Giants probably win that game. You can't attribute events with such strong variance to momentum.
It helps us provide order to things that often defy description, but it's also not supportable by looking at the evidence.
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