by Soren » Tue May 01, 2012 09:08:29
swishnicholson wrote:Angels won but, more importantly, Pujols now up to 98 PA without a home run.
by jamiethekiller » Tue May 01, 2012 09:26:37
by JUburton » Tue May 01, 2012 10:15:22
by bleh » Tue May 01, 2012 10:18:21
by CFP » Tue May 01, 2012 10:28:53
by smitty » Tue May 01, 2012 13:16:13
JUburton wrote:Question: Is hit f/x data publicly available?
by my cousin mose » Tue May 01, 2012 13:31:21
by Slowhand » Tue May 01, 2012 13:47:37
Slowhand wrote:Pretty surprised Eric Chavez has never made an All Star team.
by BigEd76 » Tue May 01, 2012 13:57:55
jamiethekiller wrote:So what you're saying is st. Louis is a steroid haven. Would never guessed that larussa teams are abusing like crazy!
by BigEd76 » Tue May 01, 2012 18:27:55
by smitty » Wed May 02, 2012 10:41:46
by Soren » Wed May 02, 2012 11:46:04
by TenuredVulture » Wed May 02, 2012 11:53:46
BigEd76 wrote:AccuScore's playoff percentages as of May 1:
Braves = 63.9% chance of making the playoffs / 42.9% chance of winning the division
Phils = 57.2% / 34.9%
Nats = 39.1% / 19.6%
Mets = 4.6% / 1.6%
Marlins = 2.3% / 0.9%
The highest ones as of now:
Rangers = 99.5% / 99.5%
Rays = 95.6% / 65.2%
Tigers = 94.1% / 92.0%
Cardinals = 87.0% / 70.9%
Yankees = 82.6% / 26.3%
Giants = 77.0% / 56.6%
by BigEd76 » Wed May 02, 2012 12:23:24
by 1 » Wed May 02, 2012 12:54:50
BigEd76 wrote:Another Rays #1 overall pick is in trouble with drugs. Tim Beckham was suspended 50 games for a second failed marijuana test
by Grotewold » Wed May 02, 2012 15:02:58
by swishnicholson » Wed May 02, 2012 15:05:57
smitty wrote:Both Albert Pujols and Jose Bautista have been stinky so far this year. Baseball is a curious game.
by FTN » Wed May 02, 2012 15:07:10
Grotewold wrote:Feels like the Roger Clemens trial could outlast the Roger Clemens career
by Grotewold » Wed May 02, 2012 15:08:47
FTN wrote:Grotewold wrote:Feels like the Roger Clemens trial could outlast the Roger Clemens career
didnt care about any of this before, but now that its still going on i hope he gets the chair if that is possible
by smitty » Thu May 03, 2012 13:40:01
Again, this isn't meant to minimize the fun that fans have with stats, or the cottage industry built up around the more advanced stats. I'm not poking fun at anyone's livelihood. But the thinking that these stats are dominating daily baseball life is just not accurate.
These stats are part -- one part -- of daily baseball decision-making.
So, anyone expecting a manager to start speaking about OPS and wOBA in a conversation about baseball is missing the point. These managers know baseball. All of them know baseball better than you do, or I do.
Doesn't mean we can't question their decision-making. Doesn't mean we can't ask why they do the things they do.
Yes, they are sometimes wrong. But that's because they are human -- not robots.
And those human managers all know about baseball. More importantly, they know about managing in baseball and the human subtleties that come with the job. The human politics that must be played. The pressures that younger players fall under versus the more experienced ones. How those pressures might impact daily play on an individual and overall lineup basis
