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Originally Posted by sterlingice
Isn't that just a smidge dogmatic? Yes, better than traditional stats, to be sure. However, none have a 1.00 correlation to reality and I have yet to see that stat that allows me to predict winning baseball games at a perfect clip.
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Once again, it's not about predicting (if there's one thing I wish people would stop, it's this idea that sabermetrics has something to do with seeing the future). It's about explaining. Hence, the "story" - that's an attempt to explain what's already happened. Except 99% of the storytellers out there use forced narrative to explain things that can either be verified or shot down with advanced stats.
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M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."
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