Straw Hats and Calculators

Thought this was a timely article for this place and hadn't seen it posted yet.

almost 3 years ago Warden11 10 comments 0 recs |

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Steers clear of defining scouts as the “old orthodoxy” and challenges the assumption of a divide. Joe, as usual, is far superior to the usual tripe.

by 2X2L on Mar 9, 2009 10:30 PM EDT reply actions

The Hot Stove Show on MLB Network

Is easily the worst part of the channel. I haven’t found it to be any better than BBTN except that they seem to cover teams other than the Yankees, Red Sox and Cubs.

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by RoyalsRetro on Mar 9, 2009 10:41 PM EDT reply actions

Must be Dodgers, then.

by 2X2L on Mar 9, 2009 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions

BBTN wouldn't bother to even discuss the numerical predictions though

Every time I saw the projections go up on Hot Stove, Vassgerian always said “and remember these guys are usually more right than not.”

Kansas City Royals: your 2006 and 2007 NL Central champions!

by mazoboom on Mar 10, 2009 1:32 AM EDT up reply actions

That was the longest 6:34 of my life:

Listening to that orgy of old school crap. Great column by Joe as usual.

by hunter s. royal on Mar 9, 2009 11:42 PM EDT reply actions

Just like Zaqq

said about how easy it is, “just throw the curve for a strike”. I’m beginning to think I should take up Pro baseball. I’m thinking I could produce PA after PA of 0.013 quality at bats.

Fourth to First

by kabrink on Mar 10, 2009 12:39 AM EDT reply actions

Poz is part of the problem though

he pimps the scouts pretty effin hard

the soft sell emotion/clutch/heart stuff as well

I wanna know what love is, I want you to show me

by LeoBloom on Mar 10, 2009 1:15 AM EDT reply actions

part of the problem?

I honestly do not get where you are coming from. He’s a hopeless romantic when it comes to baseball, that’s why he loves scouts. I’ve never seen him ridicule advanced metrics.

I just got back from your mom's basement.

by Warden11 on Mar 10, 2009 8:58 AM EDT up reply actions

You will remember this day for the rest of your life.

Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com

by RoyalsRetro on Mar 10, 2009 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions

especially compared to the vast majority of his peers. I guess one “reading” (pretentious, I know) of JoPo could see that, but although he never “announces” it, I think he does a pretty good job of separating his sentimental/subjective side and columns from his objective/analytical columns.

I don’t agree with him that some teams don’t give scouts enough credit. Maybe they dont listen to the right scouts, but not even the As listen to stats/scouts in the correct proportions, probably. I realize Joe’s (understandably) trying to be “balanced,” but the balance inside pro baseball as a whole, in all but maybe the 2-3 smartest teams, is still woefully slanted against decent statistical analysis

Bringing you more-or-less replacement level analysis and commentary since sometime in 2008.

by Matt Klaassen on Mar 10, 2009 11:51 AM EDT up reply actions