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  1. Geech
    Are you referring to something real or imaginary?
  2. Geech
    Wocka Wocka Wocka!
  3. Geech
    I don't buy it. Knowing that a given hitter did a poor job of driving in runners in a given season is pretty much worthless information. The whole point of statistics to get a sense of what a given player is actually capable of producing. Thus in order to be useful statistics must have some kind of predictive value. Looking at a small subset of a single season does not do that. It doesn't even give you a complete picture of that player's offensive value in that season, since reaching base with no one on or runners on first is still valuable. Looking at a player's RBI totals in conjunction with a few other stats might tell you something about that player's season, but it doesn't tell you anything useful. It may be interesting if you have a fetish for archaic stats, but not otherwise.
  4. Geech
    I was wrong, you guys. This conversation has proven a lot. About cubstitlelives, I mean.
  5. Geech
    Cherry-picking stats and using archaic performance metrics doesn't prove anything. Milton has indeed produced, even if it's not as much as we would like.
  6. Geech
    This post hits the nail on the head. Using a real stat like .EqA shows that Bradley has not had a bad year for RF. If the team wasn't struggling so much right now, it would hardly be an issue.
  7. Geech
    I'm sorry, but you're wrong. It's not at all valid because RBI is meaningless as an individual stat.
  8. Geech
    I feel like I've stepped back in time 10 years. Stop citing RBI numbers, people. Here's a stat that means something: There are 26 RF in baseball with at least 300 PA. Bradley's .278 EqA, which does not include tonight's game, places him 15th out of 26. He's not a bad RF, he's currently middle of the pack and improving.
  9. Geech
    Haha! Capital observation, old chap, and clever use of sarcasm to convey the point! Indeed, Bradley is wanting in a few statisticianal respects. An even more fundamental problem, however, are the bumps on his skulls which suggest enlarged propensities for haughtiness, vanity, carnivorous instinct! He is hardly a fellow I would care to encounter in a dark alley, I can assure you of that! http://mcvey.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/phrenology.jpg
  10. Geech
    HGH doesn't actually help with athletic performance.
  11. Geech
    Vitters is still pretty far from the big leagues. I don't think it's wise to count on him being a productive big-league 3B yet.
  12. Geech
    Like he said, he's not the only one. If you are asking whether anyone specifically anticipated that he would perform like this in 2009, then I'm pretty sure the answer is no. I doubt anyone was even thinking about the deal in quite those terms. However, I was definitely very sure that would be some bad, bad seasons in there, and a lot of other people were too.
  13. Geech
    It's awesome that Fukudome had a huge game last night and then tonight he sits for Sam Fuld.
  14. Geech
    Oh, man. Do you guys realize what this means? We might have to face him in the series. :(
  15. Geech
    Ugh. So many of the comments about Prior's perfect mechanics just come off as naive these days.
  16. Geech
    Yes, a championship team by definition has overcome any error or bad play. That doesn't mean good teams don't get lose in the playoffs because of bad decisions or bad plays.
  17. Geech
    Well I figured that you were used to looking stupid, but I thought it might help someone else. Thanks for playing.
  18. Geech
    http://begthequestion.info/
  19. Geech
    What a great time to buy low.
  20. Geech
    :-k
  21. Geech
    June was the worst month of Fukudome's short MLB career, including the stinkers from the end of last season. What a bust this guy is turning out to be. It makes me wonder if the talent level of Japanese baseball needs to be reconsidered.
  22. Geech
    a) intuitively realize 900 MLE ops the last 2 seasons (as well as 900 in 73 mlb AB or whatever) shows him as a really good bet to be productive with the bat In 2008, Micah's third year at AAA, his batting line translates to a .286 EQA. While that's actually really close to Lee's PECOTA projection for 2009, I don't think Hoffpauir's odds of repeating his big season are very good. Furthermore, while advanced fielding metrics haven't really been very kind to Lee, I would still take his defense over Micah's. Plus/Minus has Lee's 2008 at +4, while Micah is at -2 in admittedly very few innings.
  23. Geech
    What else has Maddux done for the Cobs?
  24. Geech
    He was a very good player. It's too bad his first two seasons with the Cobs were such busts.
  25. Geech
    It's true. Billy Beane suddenly doesn't look as crazy.
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