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Eric Karros on Ned Colletti/Brian Sabean (paraphrasing here):
"Ned Colletti...he's learned so much from his former boss, Brian Sabean, and I think that's why he's been such a great GM."
I'm going to use a technique called free association, where I type the first things that come to mind when I think of Colletti and Sabean. Here we go:
Juan Pierre
Andrew Jones
Jason Schmidt
$126 million contract for a bad pitcher
Chan Ho Park
Carlos Santana for a 36 year old 3B
Joe Nathan, Francisco Liriano and Boof Bonser for AJ Pierzynski
Nomar Garciaparra
53.7% winning percentage since becoming GM in 2005
Reggie Sanders
Marquis Grissom
Michael Tucker
Omar Vizquel
Moisés Alou
Randy Winn
Armando Benitez
Steve Finley (2006 version)
Randy Johnson
Signed a bunch of other old guys who I can't name off the top of my headLast edited by Chip Douglass; 07-31-2010, 05:24 PM.I write things on the Internet.
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That post came before I learned about the Dotel trade.
UGHHHHHHHHHH
Last edited by Chip Douglass; 07-31-2010, 08:53 PM.I write things on the Internet.
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Message to Joe Torre:
It's time to put down the dog known as Garrett Anderson. -13.4 runs in 157 PAs and a .493 OPS is a whole new level of awful.I write things on the Internet.
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I feel like modeling my soon-to-be-created Google blog after this thread/FJM.
I bet if we really tried, we (sabermetrically-inclined baseball fans/OSBRSA members) could come up with some hilarious stuff. Hit me up if you're interested in becoming a contributor.I write things on the Internet.
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You are a committed one. Might be time to adopt a signature."It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace
"You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob NeyerComment
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Are sabermetrics big in Japanese baseball?! Or are they smart enough to know those people need a new hobby in life.Comment
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http://www.fangraphs.com/
Feel the knowledge. Feel the power. Do not be Joe Blow any more.I write things on the Internet.
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Talking to humans>>>Stat-crunching CC Sabathias xFIP+SIERA/2Comment
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Learning sabermetrics >>> coming off as Joe Morgan.
Seriously, if you can't even take the time to figure out the concepts behind UZR/FIP/VORP, etc., then it's pointless even debating this with you.
UZR is basically how good a player's range is.
FIP determines how good a pitcher is by only looking at the things he controls.
VORP measures the offensive value of a player.
I imagine you're somewhat educated, so these concepts shouldn't be too difficult to grasp. I wasn't really into sabermetrics until a year ago and it didn't take me that long to understand or be intrigued by them.
Shed the ignorance. Don't eschew things just because they appear to be "ZOMG SCARY AND WEIRD!!!!" The day that baseball fans realize that sabermetrics aren't only the stuff of geeks will be a great day for baseball.Last edited by Chip Douglass; 08-01-2010, 04:27 PM.I write things on the Internet.
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I think Enrico Fermi had it right.
"It is no good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge."I write things on the Internet.
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