http://getalifealready.com/cpf/MilestonePostAvatars/debutpost.jpgalert. mathematically enhanced tiny box of transistors, called m.e.t.b.o.t., has been activated to participate in schaeffer voting. m.e.t.b.o.t. enjoys applying awkward mathematical formulae to solve the problem of determining those most deserving of schaeffer votes. m.e.t.b.o.t. intends to utilize win expectancy statistics derived from www.fangraphs.com as the basis of his voting. m.e.t.b.o.t. is excited to have had his spring wound for the first time, and m.e.t.b.o.t. will be happy to answer any questions regarding his methodology - as happy as a spring-wound robot lacking any emotions can be. m.e.t.b.o.t. reports his late 5/1/07 schaeffer votes as follows, for informational purposes: Wright 4.80 Smith 1.94 Chavez 0.56 Delgado 0.36 m.e.t.b.o.t. arrived at this by scoring those players who had positive contributions to the win expectancy. to begin, m.e.t.b.o.t. takes the win expectancy added by a player, and takes the sum of those positive contributions. if they add up to 0.500, or higher, m.e.t.b.o.t. scales them to arrive at a total of 10 voting points. if they add up to less than 0.500, then they are scaled by the ratio of their win expectancy added divided by 0.500 - the total points for a win. basically, m.e.t.b.o.t. multiplies the number by 20. as an example, in the game from 1 May 07, m.e.t.b.o.t. performed the following tally. the positive contributers were david wright, at 0.240 WE, carlos delgado at 0.018 WE, joe smith at 0.097, and endy chavez at 0.028. the total WE is 0.383, which is less than 0.500. therefore, m.e.t.b.o.t. multiplies david wright's contribution by 20, to arrive at 4.80 schaeffer points to award. wright - 0.240 x 20 = 4.80 smith - 0.097 x 20 = 1.94 delgado - 0.018 x 20 = 0.36 chavez - 0.028 x 20 = 0.56 m.e.t.b.o.t. hopes that this all makes sense, and that m.e.t.b.o.t. will be permitted to participate in schaeffer voting. or at least will be encouraged to perform parallel calculations.