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2013 MLB Regular Season running thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Gehrig, Mar 30, 2013.

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  1. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    It is not a bad thing. It is a fine thing. I can just enjoy and understand the game quite well without it. It is a tool, of many, I don't choose to use. And why is THAT a bad thing.

    You know I love you, you are one of my favorite people on earth. Nothing wrong with enjoying the same game in different ways.

    That said, GET THE FUCK OFF MY LAWN.
     
    Moderator1, Apr 25, 2013
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  2. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    We didn't.

    I know you'd argue this point, but we didn't.
     
    Dick Whitman, Apr 25, 2013
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  3. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    Yeah, we did. Quite well.

    We've been over this before. You SABERrattlers yabber all you want about range factor and wind conditions and fartwhilehitting (the extra wind adds .00383 mph to the swing and results in more power). That's fine. I don't need to be more "enlightened."
     
    Moderator1, Apr 25, 2013
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  4. RickStain

    RickStain Well-Known Member

    Telling the average American male that baseball is too complicated to simply watch and have a deep understanding of is likely to be about as well-received as slapping his wife across the face.
     
    RickStain, Apr 25, 2013
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  5. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    Nope.

    http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1987.shtml#NLmvp
     
    Dick Whitman, Apr 25, 2013
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  6. dreunc1542

    dreunc1542 Active Member

    Before I get off your lawn, I'd like to offer one more point. Going beyond just being a baseball fan, what about being able to use these things for your job? For instance, the Nats haven't been hitting the ball particularly well. If a bunch of their hitters had low BABIPS, you could say that one reason fans shouldn't panic is that those numbers often regress to the mean, and therefore those hitters will likely start to see more balls fall in for hits as the season goes along.
     
    dreunc1542, Apr 25, 2013
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  7. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    That's how Mickey Mantle saw the ball after a particularly rough evening.
     
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    poindexter, Apr 25, 2013
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  8. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    Nope.

    http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_2005.shtml#ALcya
     
    poindexter, Apr 25, 2013
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  9. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    You're writing for a general audience in a newspaper, not trying to impress anyone that you know "advanced statistics." I will argue until I die, which may be soon, that the average fan/reader doesn't know about or give a shit about advanced statistics.

    A few writers overuse them and they're trying to impress the enlightened few.

    Write to your audience. Does that mean "advanced" stats have no place in your coverage? Not at all. But they should be used sparingly and without the assumption your average reader will have any clue what you mean.
     
    Moderator1, Apr 25, 2013
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  10. NDJournalist

    NDJournalist Active Member

    We still see undeserving award winners every so often, too, because of writers who refuse to acknowledge better stats. Miguel Cabrera won a damn MVP last year because he won the Triple Crown, which features two statistics that are extremely outdated.
     
    NDJournalist, Apr 25, 2013
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  11. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    More later. I have to go cover a hockey game. Going to figure out Alex Ovechkin's CIQ. Chipped Ice Quotient. A large number of his goals come when the ice is chipped and I want to know what that means so I can enlighten my readers!
     
    Moderator1, Apr 25, 2013
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  12. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    Go away. I'll discuss this with intelligent people like dre, whose opinion I respect most highly even when I don't agree.

    Cabrera won the MVP because he was the most valuable player.
     
    Moderator1, Apr 25, 2013
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