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Fun with narratives and arbitrary endpoints | Steve Mancuso

If you were watching last night’s FSO broadcast in the bottom of the 2nd inning, you saw this graphic regarding Matt Harvey’s ERA:

Thom Brennaman said: “The simple truth is he (Harvey) has gotten healthier as we have moved forward and the numbers are starting to show it.”

Let’s take a closer look at the chart and what it attempts to prove. The first bar on the left (blue) shows Harvey’s time with the Mets. The subsequent columns are the month-by-month values of Harvey’s ERA. Each month represents three (Sept) to five (June, July, August) starts.