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  1. Kimmi
    Fred, I don't have a problem with Henry, but when it comes to Lucchino, we agree completely. He is a good businessman, but he needs to keep his nose out of baseball ops. Every time he sticks his nose where it doesn't belong, something goes terribly wrong.
  2. Kimmi
    It is a well known fact that Theo's focus has always been on player draft and development and building a team from within. He has said that he would field a team of all home grown players if he thought that was realistic. He did take full responsibity for the Crawford and Lackey signings, but he also said that those signings went against what he felt was sound baseball strategy. He said that there was pressure to make a "sizzling" signing. He said that he gave in to that pressure. I don't know how much clearer it could be.
  3. Kimmi
    I don't bet on sports and I don't understand a lot of what you said, but it sounds like you have your system down pretty well. Good luck to you.
  4. Kimmi
    He accepted responsibility for those moves. He was the GM, after all. But I'm willing to bet that if Lucchino had not asserted his influence, those "splashy" signings would not have happened. It's no secret that Theo and Lucchino had very different philosophies when it came to building a team. Theo's philosophy is so far removed from a "splashy" long term contract that I can't in any way believe he was behind that.
  5. Kimmi
    It's not rocket science, but you would be surprised at the lack of understanding.
  6. Kimmi
    My apologies. I didn't mean anyone in particular here. I don't know the posters here well enough to know whether they value stats or blow them off. In my experience on other boards, those who discount stats do so because they either don't understand them or because they don't support their opinion. I'm betting that that is the case here too, of anyone who discounts stats.
  7. Kimmi
    On another note, I hear that JBJ is the first player to report to camp. Good for him. That bodes well for him, IMO.
  8. Kimmi
    I am optimistic about this year's team as well. I think they will contend, ace or no ace, and have a good shot at making the postseason. Of course, I readily admit that I have been optimistic about every team entering the season since this ownership group took over. I will likely be the last person to give up hope on the season if things do not go well.
  9. Kimmi
    Well, knowing what Theo's philosophy is when it comes building baseball teams, and knowing that Luccino's top priority is putting fans in the seats, the mess that "Theo left the team in" has Lucchino's fingerprints all over it. Theo strongly implied as much after he left. And I believe him.
  10. Kimmi
    I don't know that "expect" is the right word, but I don't see any of those things as being outrageous either. I was hopeful that players could perform like they did, and since some of them were coming off of injuries, I think it was a reasonable hope. No, I didn't expect Koji/Tazawa to be the late inning guys. I expected Hanrahan/Bailey to do that. Either way, I thought we had a strong BP going into the season.
  11. Kimmi
    I felt pretty good about the team entering the season. I did not expect them to win 97 games, but I expected wins in the low 90s and a good shot at a playoff berth. Once you get to the playoffs, anything can happen. So, it's not like it was nearly impossible for them to win the WS, despite finishing in last place the prior year.
  12. Kimmi
    They either don't understand them, or the stats don't support their opinion. If the stats don't support one's opinion, they must be useless.
  13. Kimmi
    LOL Being new to the board, I have not had the pleasure of participating in one of your past Stats versus Observation discussions. To me, the topic doesn't get old. And yes, can we now discuss "clutch"? Please? Other topics I would like to discuss, in no particular order: 1. Are strikeouts bad? 2. The importance (or lack thereof) of lineup construction. 3. Are stolen bases overrated? 4. Momentum 5. Lineup protection
  14. Kimmi
    I would just like to point out that early scouting reports on Dustin Pedroia were very wrong. Scouts often doubted him because of his stature, and he was undrafted out of high school because of those reports.
  15. Kimmi
    Very well said Spitball.
  16. Kimmi
    How did Emmz' name get in a response that was written by me?
  17. Kimmi
    If you see the value in stats, then we have no problem. ;-) Just don't say that you don't need stats. You might not need them to enjoy watching a game, but you need them if you're going to debate on a forum.
  18. Kimmi
    I have read through all of the posts on this topic, and let me say that I have enjoyed reading the discussion/debate. There have been good points brought up on both sides. I think that most agree that it takes a balance of both. I'll be honest. I tend to get a little defensive at the implications that I don't watch the games or that I don't truly understand the game because I tend to use stats to back up my positions. You would not believe how many times I have gotten a response along the lines of "you should try watching the games sometime". Are the two things mutually exclusive? Anyway, thank you for the kind words. Even though we don't agree, I enjoy reading your posts.
  19. Kimmi
    LOL Well, I'm not going to get into a discussion about the Bible, but what I posted about traditional beliefs is true. Traditionalists have been allowed to make claims for dozens of years, with no statistical proof or evidence to back up their claims, only anecdotal evidence. Stat geeks are now proving many of those claims to be false.
  20. Kimmi
    I do not like the idea of eliminating defensive shifts. I sometimes get annoyed by all the shifts, but half the defensive battle is knowing where to position yourself. Now it's up to the offense to figure out how to beat the shifts. Not that we necessarily need more offense. I will take a well-pitched, well-defended game any day of the week over a slugfest.
  21. Kimmi
    I've heard that there is a "win" stat for goalies in the NHL. It sounds about as useless as the "win" stat for pitchers.
  22. Kimmi
    The problem that a lot of people have with sabermetrics is that they are disproving what traditionalists have accepted as true for dozens of years. It's hard to be told that something you've believed for a long time is simply not true.
  23. Kimmi
    I have never discounted the importance of scouting. I have never discounted the importance of watching the games and understanding the intricacies of it. I have never discounted the human element of the game. I agree, both scouting and stats are equally important. As far as I know, Bill James or any of the other stat geeks have never claimed that they can get a complete assessment of a player without the scouts. What I have a problem with is those who discount stats and claim that they don't need them. As I've stated before, that's a cop out response, IMO. You have one person who watches the games and studies supporting statistics. You have another person who only watches the games. Who's going to have a better assessment? Since my eyes were opened to the world of sabermetrics, I enjoy the game even more than I did before.
  24. Kimmi
    In the words of a great somebody (I have no idea who), "You can sometimes tell a lie with statistics, but you can never tell the whole truth without them."
  25. Kimmi
    This is the exact type of response that gets my goat up. I have no doubt that you have watched thousands of games and that you know a good defender when you see one. But regardless of how good of a talent evaluator you might be, you will never get a complete assessment without the stats. For one, your eyes will lie to you. For two, it's human nature to be biased. And for three, without having watched every 2B play more or less every game, you really have no way of knowing if Pedroia is a great defender or a poor one.
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