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hardwoodparoxysm.blogspot.com - 9/4/2008
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Team rotation sizes are typically not a contentious source of debate, but perhaps because of this, they are often taken for granted. Here, I develop a precise, non-arbitrary method for easily estimating team rotation size, based only on minutes played. The measure shows just what you'd expect.
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