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  1. ConstableRabbit
    A while back someone made a post to an article or something explaining how/why "protection" was a myth. Can anyone explain what the logic behind that is?
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    it depends... does anyone play lf, or are the cubs just fielding a team with 8 players and nobody in lf? YES OR NO!!! Actually, Dunn is in left, but he's also at SS and the closer.
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    85 win team at best. How many games do the Cardinals win without Pujols? .500 team. What does that have to do with anything? Well, we're talking about the MOST valuable player, and you seem to equate value with how many wins a team gets without their best player. I was just comparing your assessment of Soriano's impact with your assessment of Pujols'
  4. ConstableRabbit
    85 win team at best. How many games do the Cardinals win without Pujols?
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    Answer yes or no, please. If the Cubs played the entire season without Soriano, would they finish 81-81?
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    Gotta love ESPN's obsession with counting stats. When the counting stat is games played I think it matters. If two guys have the same rate stats, and one guy has played more, that guy contributed more and is more deserving of recognition. If the higher rate guy played considerably less than another player, that should count against his value. You should win an MVP by how well you perform over the 162 game season. I agree with you... the counting stats comment wasn't in response to games played, but that Wright is in consideration in part because of his rbi total.
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    Ok, so this is what I don't understand: I respect all the people who know all the stats there are to know about baseball, but they play no relevance in MVP, Cy Young, ROTY, etc. Everyone (not everyone, but you know what I mean) seems to think wins, hits, BA, and on and on and on are these pointless/meaningless stats that should have no bearing on anything, but they play a VERY VERY key role in end of season awards, etc. Thoughts? Wins and Saves are "pointless" in the fact that they do not really enlighten us as to a player's pitching ability, but they are not "pointless" in the sense that they matter for awards. Is that an example of what you're trying to say in a nutshell? That's the problem. Members of the "old guard" in baseball, who are obsessed with the conventional wisdom that wins, BA, etc. are meaningful are oftentimes unwilling to consider more useful/descriptive statistics. It's extremely frustrating, especially when a knowledgeable writer like Neyer discusses who will win instead of who should. At least discussion who should win would open some eyes in the same way the (Jim Caple?) article on saves did.
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    That's why I was surprised. I usually like him. My bad for jumping the gun :oops: In a way that's even worse though... we should be discussion who should win, not who will.
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    Today the almighty Rob Neyer has narrowed down the NL MVP field to: Pujols Utley Wright CC ....wtf? http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/chatESPN?event_id=22022 Some of my favorites: Gotta love ESPN's obsession with counting stats. EDIT: He redeems himself a little bit here,
  10. ConstableRabbit
    Well thank God his home-road ERA splits won't be affected!
  11. ConstableRabbit
    The likes of Eric Young and Fernando Vina making Dave Otto-like grunts, "woah"s and "man, he just looked silly on that one" on the "That's Nasty" segment of Baseball Tonight. Can those guys really talk about looking bad against good pitchers? I mean really.
  12. ConstableRabbit
    Of course, if Z has no control and sucks it up in game 1.... Then Marshall goes 4, or you stretch out Gaudin or Samardzija for 3. If we're setting up our rotation based on what happens if Z implodes and Harden can't go more than 4, then we don't really have to worry about what order they're in. I wasn't. That was tongue-in-cheek
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    That is beautiful.
  14. ConstableRabbit
    Of course, if Z has no control and sucks it up in game 1....
  15. ConstableRabbit
    Ooh, I think it's time to play, DLee has sucked since April! OPS by Month: March/April: 1.118 May: .681 June: .775 July: .781 August: .670
  16. ConstableRabbit
    "That's IT! I'm getting a restraining order!"
  17. ConstableRabbit
    NOOOOOOOOOO!
  18. ConstableRabbit
    I can't believe I fell asleep! I wake up and read all about it... WARD! \:D/
  19. ConstableRabbit
    He's lost his command, that's for damn sure.
  20. ConstableRabbit
    Fred, I love the stats. Is there any way you can start posting hitters' career numbers vs. starters in addition to their numbers vs. starters this season?
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    LOL
  22. ConstableRabbit
    NBC reporters trivializing Jason Lezak's performance in the 4x100 relay to his face by saying that it was the greatest accomplishment of the Olympics because it kept Michael Phelps' record breaking dreams alive. Oh, wait. This is only for baseball. Umps that don't appeal to first/third on close check swings.
  23. ConstableRabbit
    The Red Sox will block anything the Rays need.
  24. ConstableRabbit
    I don't think that word means what you think it means. Unless you are suggesting that he refines his mistakes, in some attempt to make them the most efficient, glorious mistakes anyone has seen. LOL you're right. That was embarrassing coming from a grammar Nazi. He OWNS up.
  25. ConstableRabbit
    One thing I will give Soriano is that he hones up to his mistakes.
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