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  1. Derwood
    http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/060902/060902_penn_hmed_5p.hmedium.jpg the other players just have to make more plays in the clutch
  2. Derwood
    FWIW (since i'm the one who started the topic) i signed up for Premium solely to help Tim out. i didn't really care about bells or whistles either. the intention of the thread was not "i'm not getting enough for premium" but rather "what can we add to entice more people to join." sorry if that was unclear
  3. Derwood
    I don't understand how that game would be perceived to not be a winnable game for the Nit Lions? because Penn State sucks?
  4. Derwood
    i applied for the Reggie Sanders position
  5. Derwood
    seems strange to say that the Cubs give him a better chance to win than the Yankees, but that Yankee club just looks like a sinking ship. they played out of their minds this year, but that offense is really old and there is no guarantee that the young pitching will hold up
  6. Derwood
    That's because those 50 points are always better, regardless of what the other teammates did. in a vacuum they are. but the goal of baseball is to score runs, not have the highest OPS And you score more runs by having guys with higher OPS. roughly speaking, yes. there are plenty of exceptions No, not really. sure there are. Tampa Bay out-slugged an out-OPS'd Anaheim this year but scored 40 fewer runs. I found that in about 10 seconds. I'm sure I could go on and on. as I said, those are the exceptions, but it's not a straight OPS=runs relationship I think you are missing the forest through the trees. No statistic will capture all that is important, but some statistics will capture most of what's important. The point being, that decision making is best done based on objective measures. which brings us to the part of sabermetrics I like, which is in scouting and objective predictions of future performance. i think they are designed to do this much better than tell the entire story of past performance
  7. Derwood
    isn't it a given that just about anyone would be an upgrade over Theriot?
  8. Derwood
    FWIW, I'm not an opponent of sabermetrics at all. my only beef is the complete individualizatoin of the stats. just wanted to get that out there before i was painted as a pro-grit and hustle idiot
  9. Derwood
    That's because those 50 points are always better, regardless of what the other teammates did. in a vacuum they are. but the goal of baseball is to score runs, not have the highest OPS And you score more runs by having guys with higher OPS. roughly speaking, yes. there are plenty of exceptions No, not really. sure there are. Tampa Bay out-slugged an out-OPS'd Anaheim this year but scored 40 fewer runs. I found that in about 10 seconds. I'm sure I could go on and on. as I said, those are the exceptions, but it's not a straight OPS=runs relationship
  10. Derwood
    That's because those 50 points are always better, regardless of what the other teammates did. in a vacuum they are. but the goal of baseball is to score runs, not have the highest OPS And you score more runs by having guys with higher OPS. roughly speaking, yes. there are plenty of exceptions
  11. Derwood
    But the fact that runs have been scored would to a large extent have to do with the players that are around you in the order. If a player gets a 1 out double with no one on and is stranded, that is not his fault that no runs are scored. The best chance to score runs is to increase the amount of chances to score runs. So in the case that a players OPS is 50 points higher, he is giving his team more chances to score. i agree. but the fact of the matter is it's a team game, and you'll always have teammates and the performance of those teammates is always going to have an affect on your stats (even the non-counting stats), so, at times, it's worth not looking at statistics on a purely individual level
  12. Derwood
    That's because those 50 points are always better, regardless of what the other teammates did. in a vacuum they are. but the goal of baseball is to score runs, not have the highest OPS
  13. Derwood
    i actually feel like the biggest flaw of sabermetrics is its insistence to make all evaluations purely on an individual level for what is a team game. players don't hit in a vacuum, there are always team-based circumstances that have an effect, yet sabermetrics tends to invalidate anything that is "team-based". For example, it will insist that a player with an OPS 50 points higher than another player is always better, regardless of whether or not those 50 points actually translated into runs
  14. Derwood
    larussa to NY would be a perfect way to make me hate that team even more.
  15. Derwood
    ?????? Im guessing its because of your 3 posts saying the same thing lol ah, right.
  16. Derwood
    the local paper certainly built up the Wisconsin game as being winnable for Penn State. Lots of injuries on the Badgers. I'm still not getting my hopes up
  17. Derwood
    There is talk that they will not resign him. I say no on a 39 year old relief pitcher that will command more than market value because of his name sweet jesus, he's 39?
  18. Derwood
    Is that the same "timing mechanism" Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire used? To be fair, Sammy's rise to stardom coincided with the time he finally figured out how to control himself on pitches low and away... and his star faded when he lost that corner. Jeff Pentland also lowered his bat position and kept him from swinging his bat around
  19. Derwood
    well anyone hoping for A-Rod to Chicago shouldn't wish for Lou to go to NY, as the main reason A-Rod wants to come here (theoretically) is to reunite with Uncle Lou
  20. Derwood
    ??????
  21. Derwood
    i don't see why any potential owner would buy the team without Wrigley. you'd have to think they go hand in hand
  22. Derwood
    Solomon Torres makes toast?
  23. Derwood
    Solomon Torres makes toast?
  24. Derwood
    Solomon Torres makes toast?
  25. Derwood
    Loria turns a profit because his entire payroll is financed through revenue sharing and the Yankees' luxury tax, meaning a high % of the gate, vendors and TV deals are not going towards on field costs
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