
11-19-2012, 08:01 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Deep in the heart of Dixie
Posts: 3,950
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Quote:
Originally Posted by doublem23
If you have some understanding of what these stats are measuring and how they are formulated, and still don't want to put any stock into them, that is fine. Who am I to judge? I find batting average, pitcher's W-L record, and fielding percentage to all be increadibly useless, archiac numbers with no actual meaning. If that is how you feel about WAR and dWAR, that's just your opinion. As long as it is coming from a position of knowledge and not ignorance, is all right. I only object to the small (but vocal) sect of people who simply refute new, sabremetric stats as mental masturbation that is the work of demon number wizardry.
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Things are changing. King Felix got his Cy Young, deservedly so I might add.
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