MLB 2018 regular season thread

It should be easy for OOP to quote the post where Dick agrees with the scouts.

 

Guys, why does anyone ever talk to OOP about anything?

 

I was going to respond to this with the snide it deserves, but I'll actually keep the post on topic.

I absolutely have him in a gotcha. He uses small sample sizes in some cases, then claims you can never use them in others. He has been ranting for a month about how it was wrong to claim anything was decided by 19 regular-season plate appearances by Ohtani, yet he can't acknowledge that scouts were wrong to use an even smaller sample size from spring training and Passan's article based on those opinions was wrong. Hell, even Passan admitted he was wrong and Dickie had to do his contrarian thing.

I understand his point regarding small sample sizes just fine. Everybody does. I'm just pointing out the hypocrisy involved in his argument.

 

I never said he agreed with the scouts. I pointed out that somebody as vehemently opposed to small sample sizes as Dickie should be able to acknowledge that they were wrong to use one in this case.

 

Now run away quick like you do every time you post something about me or post response to one of the points I make.

 

LOL you dummy

 

I am going to throw a twist into this and ignore everyone EXCEPT oop.

 

The bolded has nothing to do with the actual argument that took place, something that continues to escape you. The scouts' predictions/Passan's column could have been based on the positioning of the stars, and it wouldn't have mattered on bit to the 19 at-bat argument.

You have a hard on for catching people like Dick and YF in "gotcha" moments and it obscures your understanding of what is actually happening sometimes. If that hard on lasts for longer than four consecutive posts, call a doctor.

EDIT: Dammit, why did I do that?

 

Actually, Ty, you are the one missing the point.

Dickie constantly rants about small sample sizes. The scouts Passan spoke with for his piece were using a very small sample size from spring training games, even smaller than that 19 plate appearance sample Dickie keeps bringing up on this thread. One use of a small sample size is a horrible offense against logic while he completely ignores the problem with the other.

Am I shifting the argument a little when I make my point? Absolutely. That doesn't mean the point isn't valid. Posters do that all the time around here.

I know Dickie wants to stick to a narrow little point because that's the only way he can sustain any argument at all given how well Ohtani is playing, but that doesn't mean we have to stay within his parameters. Just because Dickie suckered you into playing by his rules doesn't mean I have to do the same thing.

 

At least you did something other than post a picture. It's not really progress, but a change of pace is something.

 

But, then you’d be missing almost half the thread!

 

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