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hardrain
02-28-07, 08:11 AM
Interesting article that gets to the heart of the "stats guys" vs the "traditional guys." Well played by Nate, I thought.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/unfiltered/?p=233&
FrankMesser
02-28-07, 12:59 PM
Chass just acts like a bitter old man who mocks what he doesn't understand.
JavyVazquezIsSick
02-28-07, 02:18 PM
Chass is an ass...
PaulieIsAwesome
02-28-07, 02:45 PM
It was a good, sober letter. I'm happy Silver wrote it the way he did.
maldon
02-28-07, 05:22 PM
He's still alive?!?!?


















:P
hardrain
02-28-07, 07:24 PM
Chass isn't even embarrassed by his ignorance; he actually embraces it.:dunno:
FrankMesser
02-28-07, 08:57 PM
Chass isn't even embarrassed by his ignorance; he actually embraces it.:dunno:

John Sterling has said similar things. Lots of people here have too.
TheYankee
03-01-07, 12:22 AM
John Sterling has said similar things. Lots of people here have too.Sterling has been around baseball long enough to know that stats do mean something. People seem to assume that Sterling simply thinks all stats are meaningless. John has continually said that there is more to baseball than stats, not that stats are meaningless.
FrankMesser
03-01-07, 11:09 AM
He calls on base percentage a new fangled statistic.