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Andrew McCutchen FINALLY makes the All Star team. Good ****.
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07-09-2011, 08:27 PM
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Rolen replaces Chipper in the All-Star game. Neither of them even deserved to be in the game. Aramis should have been the replacement.
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07-09-2011, 08:59 PM
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Can someone explain BABIP to me... I'm a noob to this new age baseball stats/metrics/voodoo
Is WAR a baseball term too? If so, if you could enlighten me on that as well
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07-09-2011, 09:07 PM
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Can someone explain BABIP to me... I'm a noob to this new age baseball stats/metrics/voodoo
Is WAR a baseball term too? If so, if you could enlighten me on that as well
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batting average on balls in play. from what i understand the average is about .300 and if a guy has a high babip, his average would be due to drop (and a low babip would probably be due for a higher average). faster players tend to have higher babip. im not the best guy to have explain sabrmetrics, though.
edit: and WAR is wins above replacement. something like the amount of win shares a player is better or worse than a replacement level player (i'm unsure as to what defines a replacement player, though)
here are the definitions from fangraphs:
http://www.fangraphs.com/library/index.php/misc/war/
http://www.fangraphs.com/library/ind...offense/babip/
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07-09-2011, 09:25 PM
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batting average on balls in play. from what i understand the average is about .300 and if a guy has a high babip, his average would be due to drop (and a low babip would probably be due for a higher average). faster players tend to have higher babip. im not the best guy to have explain sabrmetrics, though.
edit: and WAR is wins above replacement. something like the amount of win shares a player is better or worse than a replacement level player (i'm unsure as to what defines a replacement player, though)
here are the definitions from fangraphs:
http://www.fangraphs.com/library/index.php/misc/war/
http://www.fangraphs.com/library/ind...offense/babip/
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And pitchers with a high BABIP mean they have been extremely unlucky, and low BABIP vice-versa.
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07-09-2011, 09:32 PM
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And pitchers with a high BABIP mean they have been extremely lucky, and low BABIP vice-versa.
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Other way around.
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07-09-2011, 09:33 PM
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opposite for pitchers high babip means they are unlucky
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07-09-2011, 10:24 PM
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My bad. Fixed the post.
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07-09-2011, 10:44 PM
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dbacks pen is returning to last years form ugh
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07-10-2011, 12:05 AM
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I dislike the Yankees. I hate other teams more however. Always respected Jeter. But how they are treating the fan that caught Jeter's 3,000th hit for being human giving the ball back is amazing.
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07-10-2011, 12:25 AM
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I dislike the Yankees. I hate other teams more however. Always respected Jeter. But how they are treating the fan that caught Jeter's 3,000th hit for being human giving the ball back is amazing.
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Let me guess. Everyone is saying he's a dope for doing the right thing and giving Jeter back the ball? Only on this planet...
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07-10-2011, 12:28 AM
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I don't know that there is a right thing to do in that situation, it's not Jeter's ball. Once it goes into the stands it's the property of whoever grabs it.
I sure as hell would have kept it.
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07-10-2011, 12:31 AM
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Did he throw it onto the field or something? I would of given it to him but I would of wanted a package of signed stuff and tickets or something
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07-10-2011, 12:32 AM
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You know that ball has been valued at 250,000 dollars right? Maybe 1% of the people on this earth would give the ball back.
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07-10-2011, 12:33 AM
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Did he throw it onto the field or something? I would of given it to him but I would of wanted a package of signed stuff and tickets or something
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He got tickets to every game the rest of the season. And three jerseys and some other crap signed by Jeter.
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07-10-2011, 12:34 AM
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Honestly I would have kept it. That is too much cash. Maybe a trade for season tickets for a few seasons or something.
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07-10-2011, 12:34 AM
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Let me guess. Everyone is saying he's a dope for doing the right thing and giving Jeter back the ball? Only on this planet...
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Yes people are saying that. Haha, cuz he coulda got a crapload of money.
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07-10-2011, 12:36 AM
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Andrew McCutchen FINALLY makes the All Star team. Good ****.
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He should change his name to McClutchen. That would be so awesome.
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07-10-2011, 12:38 AM
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You know that ball has been valued at 250,000 dollars right? Maybe 1% of the people on this earth would give the ball back.
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I think it depends on the person. Me, I have student loans and such. That ball could probably change my life. I probably would have kept it. But I'm not going to call the other guy a dope for giving it back. He may already have money for all we know...or maybe he just wanted to do the unselfish thing. Regardless he shouldn't be grilled for it.
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Oh, my bad. Didn't realize SWDC was the pinnacle of class and grace.
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07-10-2011, 12:40 AM
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I think it depends on the person. Me, I have student loans and such. That ball could probably change my life. I probably would have kept it. But I'm not going to call the other guy a dope for giving it back. He may already have money for all we know...or maybe he just wanted to do the unselfish thing. Regardless he shouldn't be grilled for it.
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Not calling him a dope at all, it was a great gesture. I'm just saying I think people would change their tune if they were actually put in that situation. Almost everyone would keep it.
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Not calling him a dope at all, it was a great gesture. I'm just saying I think people would change their tune if they were actually put in that situation. Almost everyone would keep it.
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Yeah I'm not calling you out specifically. I'm talking about the other folks giving him a hard time.
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Didn't the fan who caught Barry's 756th homer have to sell it because they were going to tax him for catching the ball?
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Didn't the fan who caught Barry's 756th homer have to sell it because they were going to tax him for catching the ball?
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How can you get taxed for catching a ball.
EDIT: Nevermind. Read about it. Such bull-****.
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07-10-2011, 01:23 AM
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How can you get taxed for catching a ball.
EDIT: Nevermind. Read about it. Such bull-****.
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Well its San Francisco.....anything can happen.
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dbacks pen is returning to last years form ugh
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That's what happens when you let Aaron Heilman be in your bullpen!
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