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In response to "god i hate stat nerds -- nm" by sherlock homie

In this day and age, OPS doesn't qualify as stat-nerd. It's the Kindergarden of statistics. (nm)

Posted by musubi May 12 '10, 15:07

Ok, maybe second grade. Batting avg and ERA are kindergarden.

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this is why Babe Ruth is the best hitter of all time. he could come straight from some hooker's hotel room, drunk out of his mind - sherlock homie May 12, 15:11 10
- against shitty pitchers -- nm - psilotum May 12, 15:35 9
  - When did the pitchers get good so this argument falls apart? - Will Hunting May 12, 15:50
  - Not really, there were some great pitchers and no one else was able to to do what he did. - Krusty May 12, 15:46
  - i'll assume they were equally good/bad against every other hitter of the time - sherlock homie May 12, 15:39 6
    - there were fewer types of pitches in Ruth's time, too ... -- nm - Beryllium May 12, 15:41 5
      - Not true. The pitcher was able to mess with the ball, the spit ball was still a legal pitch for instance. - Krusty May 12, 15:49 4
        
        Plus they didn't bring out new, shiny, bright-white balls all the time during the game. They were scuffed and dirty much of the time during gameplay -- nm - mara May 12, 15:57 3
        
        Yup, yet another advantage for the pitcher. - Krusty May 12, 16:02
        
        good point, mara! -- nm - sherlock homie May 12, 15:59 1
        
        this makes them harder to see in flight, meaning the batter would need even more skill. -- nm - Beryllium May 12, 16:00

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