Posts by staxringold

Quote:Originally Posted by EMartNJ You need to calm down there Billy Beane. I feel like you've posted sabermetrics before and got similar responses. Great, go play with Stata to your heart's content but don't take offense when...

Quote:Originally Posted by Teger because sabremetrics isn't only used to analyze past performances, it's used to predict future performances. according to sabremetrics, the orioles should've been a losing team. Right... How does...

Quote:Originally Posted by EMartNJ Because it sucks the life out of baseball. How so? I've heard this said many a time but never explained. People have used stats to explain baseball since it was created. How does using better (aka...

Quote:Originally Posted by EMartNJ Fuck me I really hate sabermetrics. Why? I talked to two separate Orioles fans on another forum, for example, and they both agree the Jones pick for GG makes little sense.

Trout was not included in the lists I looked at given his limited playing time, but he's actually a bit better than even Span who I listed at #1 (23 DRS in CF, 10.6 UZR compared to 20 and 8.5).

Headley: 19 worse by DRS, 9 worse by UZR (14 average) Rollins: 21 worse by DRS, 10 worse by UZR (15.5 average) CarGo: 25 worse by DRS, 19.5 worse by UZR (22.25 average) Jones: 36 worse by DRS, 15.2 worse by UZR (25.6 average) McCutchen:...

So here are the GG winners they have on MLB.com American League C: Matt Wieters, BAL (2nd award) 1B: Mark Teixeira, NYY (5) 2B: Robinson Cano, NYY (2) 3B: Adrian Beltre, TEX (4) SS: J.J. Hardy, BAL (1) LF: Alex Gordon, KC (2) CF: Adam...

And I dig that whole package quite a bit, Fred! Even a nice kitchen, heh.

Quote:Originally Posted by sugarbutch Then why not give the feedback which acknowledges his premise and helps him execute it better? That would be cool, and you clearly have it within you... That was what I did in every post on it....

Quote:Originally Posted by Ianiceman Yeah but I could try to do a period seventies look without getting the leopard skin coat and platform shoes with goldfish in the heels. It's possible to take any look over the line and these...