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[cp176]

54.574%

 

Excellent - I just knew that the answer was easily attainable.

 

Now don't leave me hanging. How about question number two?

[notin]

54.574%

 

I'm taking the over...

[cp176]

I'm taking the over...

 

I like that too...

[moonslav59]

Excellent - I just knew that the answer was easily attainable.

 

Now don't leave me hanging. How about question number two?

 

Too subjective for me to answer. I couldn't find anything on Baseball Reference or fangraphs.

 

[cp176]

Too subjective for me to answer. I couldn't find anything on Baseball Reference or fangraphs.

 

 

Once again an excellent answer. I kind of hope that we all have a little stat geek as well as some old school stuff running through us. It's why I don't like labels. Much much too restrictive.

[moonslav59]

Once again an excellent answer. I kind of hope that we all have a little stat geek as well as some old school stuff running through us. It's why I don't like labels. Much much too restrictive.

 

I have had OCD since childhood. I used to channel it towards scoring every Sox game over the radio or TV and mulling over stats and data. That being said, I played sports every waking hour I was free from school, sleeping or eating. We used to shovel my driveway to play basketball in winter. We'd have to bring the ball inside and run hot water over it, because the cold made it go flat. The dirt and grime on the ball literally wore all my finger prints off my chapped fingers- no joke.

 

I used to take medicine for the OCD, but I stopped many years ago. I still have tendencies to get caught up in data, but I channeled some into my work and into my biggest two passions: the Red Sox and contract bridge.

 

I tried out for the University of Notre Dame baseball team and made the first cut, but I never really had a chance as a walk-on. I player inter-hall sports at ND, which was very high level- lots of all state players. The football was in pads. We won the football championship my freshman year (I was a WR & DB.) and my senior year (I was the QB and DB.) The pick-up basketball games at The Rock, often included guys like Orlando Wooldrige and football players that we all state in high school basketball.

We also won the basketball championship my freshman year, and I was our high scorer in the final game. I was a fierce competitor, and maybe that comes out here, at times, when I feel challenged or put down.

 

I don't think I fit into any one category. I am certainly a "stat geek," but not in a way maybe most people think about them. I've played the game to know enough about team chemistry and all the intangibles and nuances that go into winning or losing.

[cp176]

I have had OCD since childhood. I used to channel it towards scoring every Sox game over the radio or TV and mulling over stats and data. That being said, I played sports every waking hour I was free from school, sleeping or eating. We used to shovel my driveway to play basketball in winter. We'd have to bring the ball inside and run hot water over it, because the cold made it go flat. The dirt and grime on the ball literally wore all my finger prints off my chapped fingers- no joke.

 

I used to take medicine for the OCD, but I stopped many years ago. I still have tendencies to get caught up in data, but I channeled some into my work and into my biggest two passions: the Red Sox and contract bridge.

 

I tried out for the University of Notre Dame baseball team and made the first cut, but I never really had a chance as a walk-on. I player inter-hall sports at ND, which was very high level- lots of all state players. The football was in pads. We won the football championship my freshman year (I was a WR & DB.) and my senior year (I was the QB and DB.) The pick-up basketball games at The Rock, often included guys like Orlando Wooldrige and football players that we all state in high school basketball.

We also won the basketball championship my freshman year, and I was our high scorer in the final game. I was a fierce competitor, and maybe that comes out here, at times, when I feel challenged or put down.

 

I don't think I fit into any one category. I am certainly a "stat geek," but not in a way maybe most people think about them. I've played the game to know enough about team chemistry and all the intangibles and nuances that go into winning or losing.

 

We share a lot of the same things - some of which are good and some of which not so.

[Kimmi]

I still find myself saying “basehit” every time there is a ball hit on the screws up the middle. More often then not it is an out now. Stupid shifts. I’m not sure if I will ever get used to them....

 

As you know, I love analytics. That said, I am not a fan of the shift. I know they work, but I don't like them. Two infielders on each side of 2B.

[Kimmi]

i started using shifts 2 years ago with my 12U team. i chuckle everytime it works.

 

One of my favorite baseball moments is still seeing Mookie waving his cheat card and smiling after he was positioned way off the right field line, and darned if the ball wasn't hit right to him.

[Kimmi]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, stat geeks, and geeks in general, are my favorite people in the world. They are awesome.

 

Have any of you ever read the comments posted in a Fangraphs article? Excellent stuff.

[S5Dewey]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, stat geeks, and geeks in general, are my favorite people in the world. They are awesome.

 

Have any of you ever read the comments posted in a Fangraphs article? Excellent stuff.

 

Believe it or not... I have. And I found them fascinating.

 

I don't mean to minimize them, but while I find them fascinating I also take them with a grain of salt because they completely ignore the human element in the game. The only place I can think of immediately where statistics can almost guarantee a winner is in counting cards at blackjack and that's because it completely rules out the human element.

[Maxbialystock]

I have had OCD since childhood. I used to channel it towards scoring every Sox game over the radio or TV and mulling over stats and data. That being said, I played sports every waking hour I was free from school, sleeping or eating. We used to shovel my driveway to play basketball in winter. We'd have to bring the ball inside and run hot water over it, because the cold made it go flat. The dirt and grime on the ball literally wore all my finger prints off my chapped fingers- no joke.

 

I used to take medicine for the OCD, but I stopped many years ago. I still have tendencies to get caught up in data, but I channeled some into my work and into my biggest two passions: the Red Sox and contract bridge.

 

I tried out for the University of Notre Dame baseball team and made the first cut, but I never really had a chance as a walk-on. I player inter-hall sports at ND, which was very high level- lots of all state players. The football was in pads. We won the football championship my freshman year (I was a WR & DB.) and my senior year (I was the QB and DB.) The pick-up basketball games at The Rock, often included guys like Orlando Wooldrige and football players that we all state in high school basketball.

We also won the basketball championship my freshman year, and I was our high scorer in the final game. I was a fierce competitor, and maybe that comes out here, at times, when I feel challenged or put down.

 

I don't think I fit into any one category. I am certainly a "stat geek," but not in a way maybe most people think about them. I've played the game to know enough about team chemistry and all the intangibles and nuances that go into winning or losing.

 

Blogging is as close as I get to OCD, but I too am a long time bridge player and loved all sports until about 40 when it boiled down to PT and golf. I only played one wonderful summer of Babe Ruth league, after which it was basketball, tennis, volleyball, softball, pool, ping pong, racquetball, squash, etc.

[moonslav59]

Blogging is as close as I get to OCD, but I too am a long time bridge player and loved all sports until about 40 when it boiled down to PT and golf. I only played one wonderful summer of Babe Ruth league, after which it was basketball, tennis, volleyball, softball, pool, ping pong, racquetball, squash, etc.

 

I was best at basketball but enjoyed football, baseball and softball more. I played volleyball and racquetball a lot- not much soccer. When young, I played hockey on an ice pond 3 houses down from my home. I dabbled in tennis but like team sports more. Never golfed.

 

I got into bridge in my mid forties and became the fastest ever to become a Bronze Life Master in the State of Maine. (I only play online, now.)

 

Nice to see we have many things in common.

[notin]

As you know, I love analytics. That said, I am not a fan of the shift. I know they work, but I don't like them. Two infielders on each side of 2B.

 

I hate the shift, but it’s here until lefties stop playing launch ball and start going the other way...

[moonslav59]

I hate the shift, but it’s here until lefties stop playing launch ball and start going the other way...

 

Agreed.

 

It also wouldn't be fair to the ghost of Ted Williams to now make it illegal.

 

It would be like the NCAA making dunking the ball illegal just because a big black guy was going to dominate the game, oh wait...

[notin]

Agreed.

 

It also wouldn't be fair to the ghost of Ted Williams to now make it illegal.

 

It would be like the NCAA making dunking the ball illegal just because a big black guy was going to dominate the game, oh wait...

 

Or making the intentional walk illegal just because teams were afraid to pitch to a steroid-laden monster who was destroying all the home run records...

[Slasher9]

Or making the intentional walk illegal just because teams were afraid to pitch to a steroid-laden monster who was destroying all the home run records...

 

but the catcher can just hold up 4 fingers now.

maybe we can leave 2 infielders on each side and the manager can hold up 3 fingers and an "imaginary" fielder gets inserted into the pull side. any ball grounded into the 5-6 or 3-4 holes is an automatic out.

[notin]

but the catcher can just hold up 4 fingers now.

maybe we can leave 2 infielders on each side and the manager can hold up 3 fingers and an "imaginary" fielder gets inserted into the pull side. any ball grounded into the 5-6 or 3-4 holes is an automatic out.

 

I was just referencing the discussion when Barry Bonds was crushing everything and also drawing a record number of IBB’s and a lot of talking heads thought the game needed to ban the IBB because paying fans didn’t want to see Bonds walk so much...

[Kimmi]

Believe it or not... I have. And I found them fascinating.

 

I don't mean to minimize them, but while I find them fascinating I also take them with a grain of salt because they completely ignore the human element in the game. The only place I can think of immediately where statistics can almost guarantee a winner is in counting cards at blackjack and that's because it completely rules out the human element.

 

Trust me when I say that stat geeks do not ignore the human element of the game.

[Kimmi]

I hate the shift, but it’s here until lefties stop playing launch ball and start going the other way...

 

I don't disagree. Or even bunt now and then. I know that the opposition would love to see some of the lefty power hitters drop down a bunt for a single, rather than hit a home run, but if the lefties did it often enough, they would eventually see a decrease in the shifting.

[a700hitter]

Trust me when I say that stat geeks do not ignore the human element of the game.

I don't trust anyone that says "trust me."

[Kimmi]

I don't trust anyone that says "trust me."

 

You can trust me or not, it's a FACT.

[a700hitter]

You can trust me or not, it's a FACT.

It is?

[Kimmi]

It is?

 

It is!

[a700hitter]

It is!

LOL! Okay. It is a pure endeavor that takes into account the human element without being tainted by bias.

[S5Dewey]

Trust me when I say that stat geeks do not ignore the human element of the game.

 

It appears that while they may not ignore the human element they don't give it much credit either. When push comes to shove their fall-back position is numbers.

[notin]

It appears that while they may not ignore the human element they don't give it much credit either. When push comes to shove their fall-back position is numbers.

 

Even if that were true all the time, those numbers typically represent history, and said history was achieved by humans, complete with faults and foibles.

 

I would say that the stats alone account for the human element, and probably do so to a greater degree than any of us are capable...

[a700hitter]

Even if that were true all the time, those numbers typically represent history, and said history was achieved by humans, complete with faults and foibles.

 

I would say that the stats alone account for the human element, and probably do so to a greater degree than any of us are capable...

Past performance is no guarantee of future performance.

[notin]

Past performance is no guarantee of future performance.

 

Absolutely true.

 

But unless we are talking about knuckleball pitchers running the bases, right?

[a700hitter]

Absolutely true.

 

But unless we are talking about knuckleball pitchers running the bases, right?

In which case, there is no past performance.