General Baseball Chit-Chat Thread

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That's horsefeathering amazing and incredible arm strength...

[Banedon]

Everything is terrible.

 

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[d_money]

What an ass hat

[weis21]

Hawk has a face like Bo Ryan or Rick Pitino and you just automatically know and understand what an horsefeathers that person is in all walks of life

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Who are these Cubs fans on Twitter telling people to be happy for Hawk Harrelson lol?

 

I agree he was a really shitty broadcaster and that's probably being too kind... Hmm, I would say he's a terrible piece of horsefeathers human being who reminds me of Trump and a really shitty broadcaster.

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This whole thread is excellent and I love watching all the weird highlights (and amazing batflips) from KBO:

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[Tim]

lol @ Yelich on that team. Recency bias is strong.

[SouthSideRyan]

It's not crazy egregious. If you adjust for playing time, it might even be accurate.

 

https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=of&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=8&season=2019&month=0&season1=2010&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=&enddate=

[WrigleyField 22]

lol @ Yelich on that team. Recency bias is strong.

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So only 2B and 3B came outside the top 2 WAR leaders. Those are your recency bias Twitter fails. That's actually not bad.

[Sammy Sofa]

lol @ Yelich on that team. Recency bias is strong.

 

Yeah, five whole seasons is WAY too small a sample size. We demand more than half a decade of kicking ass, I guess.

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[Tim]

It's not crazy egregious. If you adjust for playing time, it might even be accurate.

 

https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=of&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=8&season=2019&month=0&season1=2010&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=&enddate=

So he's 8th amongst outfielders. I'll stick by my recency bias statement and say McCutcheon certainly should have been there instead.

[Tim]

lol @ Yelich on that team. Recency bias is strong.

 

Yeah, five whole seasons is WAY too small a sample size. We demand more than half a decade of kicking ass, I guess.

It's a team of the decade. He did a lot less in the decade than McCutcheon. I'm not sure how this is even an argument.

 

Now, if this was a list of peak seasons in the 2010's, then he'd have a place. Maybe. Nope. Not even then. In that case it would be Trout, Betts, Harper, Ellsbury, Josh Hamilton, Aaron Judge, Matt Kemp, Jose Bautista, McCutcheon, Bryant (if you consider him an OF, too) and then you finally get to Yelich and Bellinger tied at 7.8.

[Tim]

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Yeah, that's a different bias entirely.

[Sammy Sofa]

The only semi-legit knock along those lines is that someone like McCutchen actually played over the course of the entire decade, and Yelich only played roughly 6.5 seasons. With the way his career has gone, Yelich extrapolated over the entire decade would be an obvious no-brainer. Edited January 7, 2020 by Sammy Sofa

[WrigleyField 22]

I mean I hate Yadi like the rest of yall, but add decent play for a long enough time in a position that churns through players... you're gonna make an all decade list. Obviously Posey would be a better choice.. But Yadi is next in WAR!

 

Here's a fun recency bias survey;

 

Would you rather have the 2010's WAR or 2000's WAR team of the decade?

 

C- Jorge Posada, Ivan Rodriguez

1B- Albert Pujols, Lance Berkman (close call as to position as he spent more total time split in OF spots)

2B- Chase Utley, Jeff Kent

3B- A-Rod, Chipper Jones (A-Rod obviously another close call, but 3B did edge SS). Fun note, 2010's WAR leader Adrian Beltre was 4th in the 2000s (and the Defensive WAR leader)... what a bad, bad man.

SS-Derek Jeter, Miguel Tejada

LF- Barry Bonds, I already have Chipper and Berkman as backups.. they're the next two.. soo Brian Giles

CF- Carlos Beltran, Andruw Jones

RF- Ichiro, Bobby Abreu

DH- Jason Giambi, Jim Thome

P- Randy Johnson, Roy Halladay, Javier Vasquez, Pedro Martinez, Mariano Rivera, Joe Nathan

-Serious WTF for Vasquez. He made 1 All Star Team. But I guess he was consistent and durable.

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Tough to compare whole decades because you're inevitably going to be thinking of a specific version of a player. I'm bored, so let's see how the best individual performances would line up. Using fWAR because I like the website better, even though I know it's probably not the best for this type of exercise.

 

C: 2012 Posey (336/408/549, 10.1) vs 2008 McCann (301/373/523, 8.6)

1B: 2015 Votto (314/459/541, 7.3) vs 2003 Pujols (359/439/667, 9.5)

2B: 2011 Pedroia (307/387/474, 7.9) vs 2009 Zobrist (297/405/543, 8.7)

SS: 2019 Bregman (296/423/592, 8.5) vs 2002 ARod (300/392/623, 10)

3B: 2015 Donaldson (297/371/568, 8.7) vs 2004 Beltre (334/388/629, 9.7)

LF: 2013 Trout (323/432/557, 10.2) vs 2002 Bonds (370/582/799, 12.7, lol christ)

CF: 2012 Trout (326/399/564, 10.1) vs 2004 Edmonds (301/418/643, 8.3)

RF: 2018 Betts (346/438/640, 10.4) vs 2001 Sosa (328/437/737, 9.9)

SP1: 2018 DeGrom (1.70/1.99/2.60, 9.0) vs 2001 Big Unit (2.49/2.13, 10.4)

SP2: 2011 Halladay (2.35/2.20/2.71, 8.7) vs 2004 Big Unit (2.60/2.30, 9.6) non Randy alt: 2000 Pedro 1.74/2.17, 9.4

SP3: 2015 Kershaw (2.13/1.99/2.09, 8.6) vs 2000 Big Unit (2.64/2.53, 9.6) non Randy alt: 2002 Schilling 3.23/2.40, 9.3

RP1: 2019 Liam Hendriks (1.63/1.82/3.14, 3.8) vs 2003 Gagne (1.20/0.86, 4.7)

RP2: 2018 Treinen (0.78/1.82/2.42, 3.6) vs vs 2004 Lidge (1.90/1.97, 3.7)

[SouthSideRyan]

Next up, What’s your Mount Rushmore of decade players???

[jersey cubs fan]

Next up, What’s your Mount Rushmore of decade players???

Claudel Washington (1980s)

Reggie Jefferson (1990s)

Ezra Lincoln (1890s)

Roosevelt Brown (2000s)

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Nice.

 

He should write a book about his experiences as a baseball fan from a country where baseball is not popular lol. He definitely has a cool perspective on the sport. Good luck with all the travelling!

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...don't read any of the twitter replies.

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