jpx7 (09-16-2017), The Chosen One (09-16-2017), thewupk (09-07-2017)
Several years back, JS read some of the boards. He called out one poster calling him an uneducated, shallow baseball thinker. I can't remember the posters name, but it drew a lot of ire as the poster had a PHD and Masters degrees in several areas of Business and Statistics. We had many good to great posters with progressive and baseball fundamentally sound ideas.Does anyone remember the posters name or the episode I remember.
We also had some that made points thru humor. Most famous of which was, "Wes the Wonderhorse, with warning track power, has a beautiful swing and rarely does the ball interfere with it's graceful arc".
clvclv (09-16-2017), GovClintonTyree (09-16-2017)
When all that is true, why aren't we supposed to discuss those facts?
I am confident there is a guy in the analytics group who comes up with most of the stuff we do on this board. None of what we discuss here is all that complicated or original.
The question is how much do the good ol boys listen to him? My guess...not very much.
Last edited by Enscheff; 09-07-2017 at 06:58 PM.
I think there are several people on this board that would provide value to an organization. Even though I
GovClintonTyree (09-16-2017)
Was this here, at Scout or another board?
The uneducated part was an emotional reaction, but Schuerholz was probably right about the poster being a shallow baseball thinker. Possessing a PhD only means that there was additional research done and qualifies that person to teach at the college level (of which there is no shortage of overeducated idiots). Area of expertise extends no further that that.
While I'm sure most organizations pay some level of attention to "everything", they're also aware of how much weight to put on those discussions.
The thought that more than a few folks that post here have or are better equipped to break down than people with access to the same numbers and information is comical.
If you guys think you've found numbers that the Braves - or any other team - haven't at the very least looked into, you're dumber than most posters here.
Last edited by clvclv; 09-16-2017 at 08:35 PM.
Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?
Don't think anyone thinks they have numbers the Braves don't have access to.
The argument is the Braves are making personnel decisions that are counterintuitive to what the stats say. They're either underutilizing those numbers or completely ignoring them at all.
Forever Fredi
clvclv (09-16-2017)
Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?
Last edited by Enscheff; 09-16-2017 at 08:56 PM.
We'll never know that.
What we do know is saber friendly teams have followed roughly a common blue print on how they construct teams. And you see teams making certain decisions based on advanced stats.
You see the Cubs whom could afford anyone make smart move like holding down Bryant from the opening day team and then see us rush guys without taking into consideration we are a mid payroll team that needs to maximize years on players. And it's not to say they aren't taking it into consideration but if they're going against the grain of what other successful teams have done just because it's The Braves Way and we have to be renegades then that's very dumb.
Forever Fredi
When Coppy says in a Q&A that he doesn't put as much stock into defensive metrics as others do it's alarming when he acquires Kemp who costs us runs on defense all the time. And if most people think Kemp's offense makes up or cancels out his atrocious defense they're clearly not watching
Forever Fredi
What we DO know is that if you believe every word that comes out of a figurehead's mouth, you're not particularly intelligent - where's Trump's wall???
The current board "genius" is a blackjack dealer and is someone that's threatened by me, and I'm a real estate nobody. Show me qualifications that make 30 MLB organizations idiotic for not hiring you, and I'd be happy to say they're all idiots for not approaching decisions the way you think they should. You, the blackjack dealer, tons of posters here, and I have opinions, and we're all simply FANS - if you're trolling message boards and don't understand that you're nuts.
Last edited by clvclv; 09-16-2017 at 09:23 PM.
Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?
Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?