2011 Philadelphia Phillies Season Thread (choking awful pos team, DIAF)

[MDS]

obp, slg, ops would be the keys

and how many of those stats are positively affected by a good BA

it gets thrown in there of course but they account for so much more.

and as a good progressive liberal you should be embracing change...not setting jim crow laws to keep batting average sacred

[ice grillin you]

baseball is the one sport where nothing has changed in over 100 years

nerds can make up all the fancy formulas they want but the eye test will still trump all....the propblem with you people is that you get so into numbers that you dont really watch the games whether it be literally or figuratively

[ice grillin you]

ill take bruce at first base in that situation every time

[Geowhizzer]

Got a bad feeling about this...

[Munson]

Calm down, Fred Mascherino.....goddamnit not one person here will get that reference.

I also have a bad feeling though. Is it just me or is Madson's fastball missing some MPH's?

[MDS]

baseball is the one sport where nothing has changed in over 100 years

nerds can make up all the fancy formulas they want but the eye test will still trump all....the propblem with you people is that you get so into numbers that you dont really watch the games whether it be literally or figuratively

yea for the 100000000000th time im not a saber nerd

i just dont look at batting average and doubles and figure everything is all sunflowers and lollipops.

[ice grillin you]

no one does....but at least you are trying to change the subject from your hideous comment that avg/hits mean nothing

[Geowhizzer]

Good start by Colbert.

[Geowhizzer]

Calm down, Fred Mascherino.....goddamnit not one person here will get that reference.

I also have a bad feeling though. Is it just me or is Madson's fastball missing some MPH's?

You're right, I don't get the reference.

Glad my feeling went for naught, though.

[MDS]

no one does....but at least you are trying to change the subject from your hideous comment that avg/hits mean nothing

BUT THEY...ugh

i love you and have 1 episode to go to complete my summer wire rewatch. lets leave it there.

[Geowhizzer]

Of course, both runs, though earned, were the result of bad defense (maybe some bad luck in the case of Pence).

[Rome]

the only meaningful stats are grit and the relative hotness of players' wags.

that's the list.

[SunMo]

Batting average doesn't matter now?  Thats good to know.

If you talk to the real stat nerds aka seamheads they'll tell you how little relevance batting avg. has. They'll quote you stats like ops and vorp then explain to you why they are a more valuable tool to go by then BA. Personally I always look at BA/HR/RBI/SB/2B then strike outs when evaluating a player.

wOBA is actually not a bad seamhead stat.  each thing to get on base has a different weight so homeruns don't count the same as singles when calculating how often you get on base

[phillycrew]

baseball is the one sport where nothing has changed in over 100 years

nerds can make up all the fancy formulas they want but the eye test will still trump all....the propblem with you people is that you get so into numbers that you dont really watch the games whether it be literally or figuratively

yea for the 100000000000th time im not a saber nerd

i just dont look at batting average and doubles and figure everything is all sunflowers and lollipops.

I took it that when he said "you people" is he meant jews or MA living people.

[phattymatty]

HOF Brown last night...0-6 with 4 Ks, one error and like 4 other misplays...

all of these "highlights" are from last night.


http://youtu.be/RsI27HpnIS0