2013 MLB Regular Season running thread

Home runs measure what they claim to measure. Brady Anderson was one of the top home run hitters in 1996. By the way, if you are going to get into a statistical argument, you might want to check the ones you use before posting. According to baseballreference.com, Anderson hit 50 home runs in 1996, not 51.

Whether he was one of the top power hitters in even the 1996 season depends on what other numbers you consider. He was also third in the AL in slugging percentage that year, but well behind Mark McGwire.

 

And Dick is back to trolling through idiotic analogies again.

This one is so stupid it';s not even worth explaining it to him.

 

Who in the world can see the future to work out all the bugs before hand?

The last part of your last sentence is the most important.

What does fielding percentage measure? The percentage of total chances a player made without being charged an error.
What does UZR measure? The run value of the plays both made and not made by a defensive player.

Those are two different things.

Many people make the mistake of thinking that a stat does something that it does not do. They try and compare the value of two players using stats that don't measure value.

 

How is it idiotic?

Your premise, which you go to again and again and again, is that something that does not work to absolute certainty 100 percent of the time, is useless.

Why doesn't that carry over to other fields?

 

First of all, you are failing to understand my premise. You're not even close. Scroll up and try again.

Beyond that, I stand by my initial response. Your comparison is far too stupid to waste time explaining the difference to you. Even you aren't that much of an idiot.

 

Translation: You're not even qualified to keep score in this argument. So, having had your ignorance laid bare for the world to see, you fall back on your old faithful: "PERSONAL ATTACKS!!!!" ... "TROLLING!!!!"

Wonder what we should set the over/under on posts until you play the "LYING!!!!" card? I'm thinking 2.5 would get plenty of players on both sides.

By the way, the score currently stands at doctorquant: lim 1 vs. oop: lim (8 - x)
(x → 8 ) (8 - x) (x → 8 )

 

Oh, hell, I forgot the "EVEN YOU'RE NOT THAT STUPID!!!!!" play, from OOP's Manual of Operating Procedures, §212, §§A, Paragraph 2, Sub-Paragraph j.

 

Don't forget the "I skip posts of members that stump me"

 

Dear Baby Jesus,

Please end this pointless conversation about defensive metrics.

Love, Freddie

P.S. -- I became the first Royal to hit for the cycle 42 years ago today!

 

Much like everything else he pollutes around here, this was an enjoyable thread until OOP started shitting all over it.

 

Anyone want to revisit the "Of course Ryan Howard is an elite hitter and a good long-term investment" argument?