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FactFindingInBaseballDiscussion 3 - 15 May 2010 - Main.JoshLerner
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I wanted to respond to some of Matt's points and for now thought it was best to keep this separate from my essay, but I'm open to suggestions on integrating this discussion into my main essay. As a reminder, some of Matt's comments are pasted below. Matt - if you're reading this, I certainly appreciate your thoughts on my paper.
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 Are you kidding me? Next you will be telling me that RBI's are the best hitting statistic. Put Zack Greinke on the Yankees and he will "win" 25 games a year. Baseball is an individual sport masquerading as a team sport. Team dependent statistics like wins are completely useless in measuring one's baseball ability. -- JohnAlbanese - 14 May 2010 \ No newline at end of file
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>		After all I said this comment was what generated the outrage? I still think baseball is a team sport, in fact I'm fairly confident about that part. Fantasy baseball may have changed the perception of certain fans, but that doesn't change the game. Even ERA is based in large part on the team around you in the field. What pitching statistics are not dependent on your team? Maybe strikeouts, but I hope we would agree they aren't terribly relevant. With Zack Grienke last season it was his 16 wins on a 65 win team that impressed me. As I said wins are not a perfect statistic, but they are relevant. If you've ever been in a clubhouse after a game you understand that the players really do care about winning or losing. This may be one of those arguments that we have to agree to disagree on. I will concede that when evaluating and projecting the future success of young pitchers, particularly while looking at their minor league stats, that individual statistics play more of a role in the analysis than team statistics. -- JoshLerner - 15 May 2010
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