2013 MLB Regular Season running thread

[JC]

I honestly like what the NBA does and 82games does with stats.

What is the NHL cooking up?

I will send you some links, a lot of it is really straight forward and common sense but a lot of it goes pretty deep. Hockey is a heck of a lot harder than baseball when it comes to using stats. Some of it is quite an eye opener.

 

[doctorquant]

Going to come up with some advanced statistics re: individuals "trying to sound smart" ... gotta figure my VAVUPP (vis-a-vis usages per post) is pretty much at the top of the charts.

 

[Moderator1]

I think - emphasis on THINK - they still use nine and list the ERA as "per nine."
I would be way off base there. The formula in that case could look something like the ridiculousness posted earlier.

The formula would look exactly the same as the major league ERA formula.

Yeah, I know.

If only I was smart as you - I'd understand everything!

Creosote, thanks for being able to read.

 

[JackReacher]

Wikipedia is a heck of a drug!

 

[Dick Whitman]

I think - emphasis on THINK - they still use nine and list the ERA as "per nine."
I would be way off base there. The formula in that case could look something like the ridiculousness posted earlier.

The formula would look exactly the same as the major league ERA formula.

Yeah, I know.

If only I was smart as you - I'd understand everything!

Creosote, thanks for being able to read.

Thank you for never being smug.

Remember: We're the condescending assholes.

 

[Moderator1]

Oppo boppo means opposite-field home run. It's common terminology used often by Adam Kilgore of the Washington Post.

We know what it means, even if we aren't as smart as some posters who lower themselves to grace us with their wisdom.

It is not common terminology. It was used by Bryce Harper in his introductory press conference.

 

[Moderator1]

I think - emphasis on THINK - they still use nine and list the ERA as "per nine."
I would be way off base there. The formula in that case could look something like the ridiculousness posted earlier.

The formula would look exactly the same as the major league ERA formula.

Yeah, I know.

If only I was smart as you - I'd understand everything!

Creosote, thanks for being able to read.

Thank you for never being smug.

Sorry for venturing onto your turf, I'll ask permission next time. You have smug and arrogant covered so well, I should know better than to go there.

Off to find some lunch. You guys have fun.

 

[JackReacher]

FP Santangelo used Oppo Taco once when Wilson Ramos hit a home run. Last year, I think. Was the first time I'd heard that term. Wasn't sure how to process that at the time. Glad to hear it's used more often than I thought. Cause that could have been awkward.

 

[OTD]

Angels announcer Victor Rojas says "oppo taco." The first time I heard it, I wanted to throw something at the TV.

 

[doctorquant]

Angels announcer Victor Rojas says "oppo taco." The first time I heard it, I wanted to throw something at the TV.

Rojas used to be with the Rangers. I found him nigh on unbearable even then.

 

[Football_Bat]

 

[outofplace]

Moddy said the stats themselves are fine. It's the condescending assholery on the part of some of their supporters that ruins enjoyment.

See as examples the long, whining soliloquies pondering "why don't you get it?" It's because we don't give a shirt. If you do, fantastic. Knock yourself out.

The idea that it is the people who follow advanced statistics, and not Moddy, who are being condescending here, is absolutely laughable.

And he doesn't think they're "fine." He makes fun of them constantly. "Babip my crabip" being one recent example. One post after another about how useless they are because they have long formulas. Rants about how baseball is a simple game and got along just fine without newer statistics.

He doesn't think they're fine.

Scroll up and re-read Versatile's post directed at Moddy and tell us again how laughable it is to say the "advanced crowd" is being condescending. If you still don't get it, you are beyond help. (Actually, it's few posts back now, but it's the one that starts off comparing advanced stats to the scientific understanding of gravity).

See? Nobody knows condescending like I do. As Versatile said, trust the expert.