Catcher's ERA: As Stupid as Ever

R. J. Anderson at BtBS obviously hasn't talked to Zack Greinke about this.

Includes an appearance by an old frenemy.

over 2 years ago Matt Klaassen 8 comments 0 recs |

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Soren Petro is usually smarter than the average sports talk host

But he was going on about Catcher’s ERA the other day.

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by RoyalsRetro on Jun 20, 2009 12:24 PM EDT reply actions

And some people on this blog whom I consider smart fans

Still think that game-calling has a significant effect on pitchers. Argh.

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by NHZ on Jun 20, 2009 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions

I heard that, too

And was immediately disappointed in him.

"Now…put that in your [BLEEP]ing pipe and smoke it." -Hal McRae

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by Sweep_the_Leg on Jun 20, 2009 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions

I enjoy when local reporters begin with:

“I know <insert insignificant statistic: cERA, Clutch, Day-game ERA, etc> is a poor statistic, and doesn’t matter, but look at how good player X is at it. There’s probably something there – player X should get additional opportunities based on it”.

by Top Ramen on Jun 20, 2009 1:15 PM EDT reply actions

Luckily, the Star doesn't employ anyone like that

I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.

by Matt Klaassen on Jun 20, 2009 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions

Ok, so I'm not buying Catcher ERA either

But I’d kindof like a better article than this to disprove it as it has a whopping sample size of 2 but a snark rating of 8.5. I assume such articles exist, correct?

by sterlingice on Jun 20, 2009 4:43 PM EDT reply actions