Dear Baseball Experts, Back on Feb. 23, Alan Holst put out a communication here, skillfully making the case that Pedro Martinez's 2000 season was actually...
I would point out that in 1966 Sandy Koufax earned 35 win shares, same as Gibson in 1968, despite an ERA .61 higher than Gibson (while pitching in an even...
Regarding the Bill James defense, I don't think BJ or anyone else, including myself, Alan, and the Pope, is infallible, nor is the WS system infallible. It's...
SARCASM ALERT Read the following comments with a friendly delivery. I am never snarky, to Alden at least. I didn't say Pedro absolutely positively "played a...
Another funny piece by Jim Caple. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=caple/080227&sportCat=mlb Loved his Twins segment. MINNESOTA -- Fresh off...
Fun article on baseball names. http://baseballcrank.com/archives2/2008/02/baseball_best_a.php Rob Neyer provided the link in his column, and added that...
I would not vote for Cone myself, but don't thiink he would be a terrible choice either. But yet another comparison that raises the question of why the heck...
I will try to find my (long lost) list of comical baseball names, buried somewhere in the attic. But in the meantime, on a related note: my wife once asked me...
Regarding the reference to Randy Johnson as "The Big Eunuch" . . . ... Hey, I resemble that remark. I doubt that I was the originator or the only person to...
Well, if "pitching better" as opposed to helping a team win games, is defined by the stats cited by Alan and nothing else, then sure, by definition he's right,...
just to be clear, and maybe i assumed too much, but isn't it common knowledge that Randy Johnson's nickname--in some circles-- is The Big Unit? --art ... From:...
I was using the league ERAs as they were indicated in Gibson and Pedro's individual profiles at Baseball Reference. When you check the league profiles you get...
I also like when in a Cubs game once had Bill Hands and his battery mate was Barry Foote God i hope I have this right. In a message dated 3/4/2008 4:35:05...
... http://baseballcrank.com/archives2/2008/02/baseball_best_a.php ... Josh Outman should have been included in the great names category. ... filled out the...
The reason for the discrepancy turns out to be that baseball-ref includes a park adjustment in the league ERA as listed in a player's lifetime records, but not...
I'm not a mathematician, so I don't know what your logarithms mean here. If the numbers you quoted are supposed to indicate Gibson was 4 times better than...
I think this matter has already been pursued more than necessary, so I promise that I'll say no more on the subject unless it's to correct a factual error,...
SABR breakfast at 9 a.m. at Baker's Square in Richfield (66th and Xerxes) tomorrow morning. Open to all who enjoy discussing baseball, SABR members or...
Lots of cool stuff there, but it does not persuade me any more than some explanation full of government acronyms and terms – unfamiliar to you but familiar...
SABR member Dick Durrell died last Friday at 82. There was an obituary in the Minneapolis Star Tribune: http://www.startribune.com/obituaries/16435791.html ...
This is one of the very best defenses of new stats (or more properly, a dissection of the idiocies and hypocrisies of old school stubborness) that I have ever...
Agreed. He does, though, mix up raw numbers like stolen bases and RBI with statistics, such as batting average. To: baseballmn@yahoogroups.com From:...
Yes, this is an interesting article and a fun read. I have just a couple of comments. First, I was intrigued by his pointing out that pitchers' ERAs can be ...
Yes, statistics of any kind are much more useful if they are accompanied by understandable explantions of what they measure, how they are calculated, and why...
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