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Clogging the bases is one of the dumbest arguments of all time.Yes, who cares if a slow guy gets on base... he's only clogging the bases. It's not like it hurts our chances of winning or anything!
Tom Davis just said Justin Verlander had a nine twenty whip percentage.
Here is where the stat guys fail. They can take one season in Giambi's prime and qualify that he was walked x amount of times and that resulted in y amount of runs scored. That would put an end to the clog the bases nonsense. But they (stat guys) seem to act as if this criticism isn't prevalent in some sectors of the baseball world. Debunk the myth, don't simply poo-poo it. The ancient Greeks proved the earth was round, yet it wasn't accepted by the main stream until after Magellan's voyage.
Some things are so inherently dumb that all you can do is laugh at them.Besides, the "clog the basepaths" crap has been debunked already.
Because it's the MLB Network and not CSPAN?
It's a show that promotes the analytic approach to player valuation. When you have a flat-earther, Kenney owes it to the analytic community to show why that thinking is wrong. Personally I have no idea where this clog the bases nonsense originated. Old assed John McGraw understood the value of OBP.
Cause HR would counter with the tired "you didn't play the game" argument that athletes pull when they lose an argument.
Dusty Baker's an adherent of the "clog the bases" school of thought.
I'm beginning to think Harold Reynolds is just as bad. They just showed a clip from last year where he said Felix shouldn't win the Cy Young because he lost 12 games.
that's rich coming from you.
I can't recall ever saying, I played HS baseball... I know more than you.
Then why didn't Kenney show the study to Reynolds?
"Statistics are just shorthand - two numbers will never tell you everything."
Tony LaRussa claims Pujols would've given the Cards a 60-65 million dollar discount over what he signed for. They just aired that, excerpted from a phone interview.
i stick to my guns in that MLB Network is a top 3 channel on tv. my middle bro (the o's fan) pretty much only watches that channel.
They carried the story on Intentional Talk. Leiter is in for Millar so the show isn't terrible.