Most ESPN "experts" predict a Cubs victory

[Derwood]

Or Denny McClain 1966. There are lots of examples, but you'd think most of the 799 seasons where a pitcher won 20 games were pretty good. Pitcher wins are obviously a terrible measurement though.

 

Has nothing to do with what you posted... but everytime I read one of your posts, I think you're the dude with the bloody nose in your av.

 

I wonder if you guys think I'm a famous young hot girl.

 

sorry, did you say something? I was staring at your Rusch's

Edited October 1, 2007 by Derwood

[shnsajax]

Or Denny McClain 1966. There are lots of examples, but you'd think most of the 799 seasons where a pitcher won 20 games were pretty good. Pitcher wins are obviously a terrible measurement though.

 

Has nothing to do with what you posted... but everytime I read one of your posts, I think you're the dude with the bloody nose in your av.

 

I wonder if you guys think I'm a famous young hot girl.

 

More like a creepy old dude who obsesses to much about a hot girl :wink:

[BigSlick]

Or Denny McClain 1966. There are lots of examples, but you'd think most of the 799 seasons where a pitcher won 20 games were pretty good. Pitcher wins are obviously a terrible measurement though.

 

Has nothing to do with what you posted... but everytime I read one of your posts, I think you're the dude with the bloody nose in your av.

 

I wonder if you guys think I'm a famous young hot girl.

 

sorry, did you say something? I was staring at your Rusch's

 

JoePa? On a Cubs board? Shouldn't you be drawing up gameplans or recruiting players or whatever they have your senile butt doing? :wink:

 

BTW, on Baseball Between The Numbers, I would recommend it to anyone who is a fan of baseball. Its just well written and sums up a lot of the strange acronyms easily and succinctly that you hear thrown around.

 

Plus its just a good read.

[David]

Or Denny McClain 1966. There are lots of examples, but you'd think most of the 799 seasons where a pitcher won 20 games were pretty good. Pitcher wins are obviously a terrible measurement though.

 

Has nothing to do with what you posted... but everytime I read one of your posts, I think you're the dude with the bloody nose in your av.

 

I wonder if you guys think I'm a famous young hot girl.

 

More like a creepy old dude who obsesses to much about a hot girl :wink:

 

Almost. I'm 24 though. :)

[David]

Or Denny McClain 1966. There are lots of examples, but you'd think most of the 799 seasons where a pitcher won 20 games were pretty good. Pitcher wins are obviously a terrible measurement though.

 

Has nothing to do with what you posted... but everytime I read one of your posts, I think you're the dude with the bloody nose in your av.

 

I wonder if you guys think I'm a famous young hot girl.

 

sorry, did you say something? I was staring at your Rusch's

 

hahha

[WrigleyField 22]

We're doomed.

[Careless]

Oh God help us all!

 

What does Joe say? One pump of his arm says yes and two pumps mean no.

If you read firejoemorgan at all, you know that he doesn't pick because, you know, he might be wrong.

[Tracer Bullet]

The ESPN guys are probably just scared of not picking an NLC team with 85 wins, thanks to last year.

 

I didn't read the article, but these are especially funny when the analysts pick a team in a certain amount of games. Neyer and Keri should know better.

 

I think they do know better, but I think ESPN tells them they have to pick a team in a certain number of games, so they do it (at least one of these guys, maybe Neyer, as said as much in one of his chats). Some might enjoy it, some might think their predictions are all but guarantees, but I'm pretty sure a few of those guys only do it b/c they have to.

[waffle]

We're doomed.

 

+1

 

Heck, plus 100 yrs.

[NewUserName]

Some of us like to actually watch and enjoy the game of baseball. Baseball Prospectus and their attempted empire do their best to ruin the enjoyment of watching games and players.

 

The title of this book is so incredibly arrogant. They want us to ignore pitcher's wins and runs batted in as if they are totally meaningless. I do not turn my nose at a twenty game winner, nor do I ignore that fact that some players considered knocking in baserunners to be an important accomplishment. In fact, Hank Greenberg often chided Charlie Gehringer for clearing the bases and not leaving any for him.

 

Instead, they offer complex formulae that tell us who we should consider to be the best. If I prefer Mays over Mantle or A-Rod over Jeter, I do not want someone to come along and give me their definitive answer.

 

What these pencil necked geeks refuse to admit, as anyone who plays with numbers knows, is that the answer is frequently set when you set up the parameters. No matter what BP says, they cannot answer whether good pitching beats good hitting. It cannot and should not be resolved.

 

 

So his arguement for the importance of RBIs is Hank Greenberg chiding his teammate for not leaving anyone on for him to drive in. I actually think this is a arguement for RBI being overrated as a stat. It basically says that Hank Greenberg would have more RBIs if there were more people on base when he hit.