Reply to "Moneyball/Sabermetrics"

itsinthegame5,000+ posts

quote:
Originally posted by Estone28:

Offense:
- On Base % is more important than Batting Average
- Steals generally are useless because the risk outweighs the reward.

Myth:
That sabermetrics is the end-all and be-all...and there is only one way to do it.

I have read it front to back a few times.

Interesting stuff - but if you steal over 95% of the bases attempted - they might want to re-evaluate the risk thing.

It can turn a nothing inning - into a something inning.

IMO.

1/17/087:42 PM

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