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  1. rhet
    Hank Aaron was among the best three players in the game for over 20 years. He was an MVP and finished in the Top-10 in MVP voting an amazing 14 times! He was a 21 time All Star. He led the league multiple times in hits, runs, HRs, RBIs, BA, slugging, and OPS. He led the league in total bases 8 times. In short, he was great, both in his overall stats and when compared to his peers. Blyleven made a grand total of 2 All Star teams in 22 years. He was pretty good for a long time, but comparing him to Hank Aaron is silly.
  2. rhet
    I didn't use anything incorrectly. Fangraphs defaults to team UZR when it ranks team defense. Take it up with them. Also, you can disaggregate the team defensive numbers any way you like. But you should modify your claim and say that half the Sox defense stunk last year (4 of 8), not the whole team. Then you wouldn't be so at odds with Fangraph's team UZR ranking.
  3. rhet
    My point was, and I repeat, you were wrong about the Red Sox defense last year. Although it wasn't very good, you exaggerated how bad it was. I supported my position with Fangraphs team fielding stats, which default to ranking by team UZR. Fangraphs ranks the Sox in the lower middle, ahead of the Yankees. I also point out the obvious statistical disconnect between Fangraphs's good fielding teams and championship teams, as the top seven ranked fielding teams did not even make the playoffs. However, I did not share a conclusion here as to why i believe that is.
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    If you want to talk about players, that's one set of stats. If you want to talk about the team fielding stats, that's another. I didn't invent the Fangraph's team UZR ranking. Nor did I opine on its validity. I just pointed out the the seven best fielding teams in baseball last year, according to Fangraphs, didn't make the playoffs. And, according to Fangraphs, the Red Sox were in the middle (but ahead of the world champs). Make of that what you will.
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    So, in essence, you admit you were wrong. Fangraphs clearly shows the Sox team UZR in the lower middle, ahead of the Yankees. It also shows that none the top seven fielding teams even made the playoffs.
  6. rhet
    I think I would. Some of the guys he's being compared to here weren't all that great either.
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    Here it is. Ranked by team UZR. http://www.fangraphs.com/teams.aspx?pos=all&stats=fld&lg=all&type=0&season=2009&month=0 Sox in the middle, ahead of the Yankees. Seattle #1 by a wide margin. Rays #2. Reds #3. (All three didn't make the playoffs.)
  8. rhet
    I could be wrong, but I thought I saw team fielding stats that put the Sox in the middle somewhere. Just ahead of the Yankees.
  9. rhet
    Out of curiousity, what metrics are you referring to?
  10. rhet
    You make some good points about the mound and the DH that make his comparison a bit better. However, I did see him pitch. And if I ever bring my son to Cooperstown and after seeing Blyleven's plaque, he says to me... "Dad, did you actually see Bert Blyleven pitch? Wasn't he awesome?", I'm just going to have to tell him he was above average for a long time. That he was one of the 20 best pitchers in baseball for two decades. And that he never did anything memorable. Then I'll go to the next section and tell him about the great Randy Johnson, the dazzling Pedro Martinez and the amazing Greg Maddux.
  11. rhet
    Being just pretty good 22 years is not enough to qualify for the HOF. I'm glad the voters haven't lowered their standards that far. Yet.
  12. rhet
    While I agree they got both players based on their expected contribution to the team, it would be naive to think the front office wasn't sensitive to the race of the players. They know the history of the team and city.
  13. rhet
    AFC WC: Patriots over Ravens AFC WC: Jets over Bengals NFC WC: Cowboys over Eagles NFC WC: Packers over Cardinals AFC D: Chargers over Patriots AFC D: Jets over Colts NFC D: Packers over Saints NFC D: Cowboys over Vikings AFC: Chargers over Jets NFC: Packers over Cowboys Super Bowl: Packers over Chargers
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    He amassed a lot of innings and K's, and he was pretty good, never great. He made two all star teams in 22 seasons. He got Cy votes in only four of those 22 seasons. He was nothing more than a pretty good pitcher who lasted a long time.
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    Dawson and Alomar yes. But I really don't get the Blyleven love.
  19. rhet
    Adding not one, but two, African Americans to the roster certainly takes the heat off the front office. They clearly didn't want a repeat of the criticism they took all last year.
  20. rhet
    I'd like to see Beltre cut down on his errors this season. Youk at 1B will definitely help.
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  22. rhet
    Let's put it this way.... if his first 67 plate appearances in Fenway as a Red Sox are a repeat of those 67 plate appearances, they'll be running him out of town on a rail.
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  24. rhet
    I prefer to call it run contraception. Beltre is our big condom down at the hot corner.
  25. rhet
    Well, that was the fallback plan, wasn't it? Why is this s*** so personal with you?
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