Comments on: Let’s Talk Stats http://herraysbaseball.com/2010/05/lets-talk-stats/ A Tampa Bay Rays Blog From The Other Half Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:45:02 +0000 hourly 1 By: Thomas Wentworth http://herraysbaseball.com/2010/05/lets-talk-stats/comment-page-1/#comment-1707 Thomas Wentworth Sat, 19 Jun 2010 02:10:56 +0000 http://herraysbaseball.com/?p=486#comment-1707 What happened: I do not understand where the rays are at, the team playing does not even come close. What happened:

I do not understand where the rays are at, the team playing does not even come close.

]]> By: Jessica http://herraysbaseball.com/2010/05/lets-talk-stats/comment-page-1/#comment-1671 Jessica Wed, 26 May 2010 03:17:10 +0000 http://herraysbaseball.com/?p=486#comment-1671 Careful now, I happen to love that balding, gimpy Rocco! Yeah Anthony it's amazing how many numbers baseball fans can recall. It might make us nerds but oh well. Careful now, I happen to love that balding, gimpy Rocco!

Yeah Anthony it’s amazing how many numbers baseball fans can recall. It might make us nerds but oh well.

]]> By: Anthony http://herraysbaseball.com/2010/05/lets-talk-stats/comment-page-1/#comment-1670 Anthony Tue, 25 May 2010 15:25:14 +0000 http://herraysbaseball.com/?p=486#comment-1670 More than any other sport, baseball is a game of numbers. That's why the sacred home run record is such a hot topic. If Bonds cheated when he broke Aaron's record and McGwire cheated when he broke Maris', then there is something wrong with the record. In football, however, guys like Lawrence Taylor are in the Hall of Fame. The numbers don't matter as much as the glory of winning and the all-American game of land acquisition. Baseball fans get more worked-up than fans of other sports with year-end awards (also based on numbers) and other such minutae that clog otherwise great seasons with needless awards. Most sports fans can't name NHL Conn Smythe Award winners or NFL Pro Bowlers, but ask them who won the 1973 AL MVP award and they shout out, "Reggie!" It's all part of that strange world of baseball, and most of what makes it so much fun to discuss and write about. The numbers are fun, and you're right when you say that our perceptions of how a player is performing can sometimes be contradicted by the actual numbers. I couldn't care less about "Z" ratings, and like Joe, I can tell when a guy got a bad jump on a ball or isn't hustling. One number I could live without is the pitch count. Don't get me started... More than any other sport, baseball is a game of numbers. That’s why the sacred home run record is such a hot topic. If Bonds cheated when he broke Aaron’s record and McGwire cheated when he broke Maris’, then there is something wrong with the record. In football, however, guys like Lawrence Taylor are in the Hall of Fame. The numbers don’t matter as much as the glory of winning and the all-American game of land acquisition.

Baseball fans get more worked-up than fans of other sports with year-end awards (also based on numbers) and other such minutae that clog otherwise great seasons with needless awards. Most sports fans can’t name NHL Conn Smythe Award winners or NFL Pro Bowlers, but ask them who won the 1973 AL MVP award and they shout out, “Reggie!” It’s all part of that strange world of baseball, and most of what makes it so much fun to discuss and write about.

The numbers are fun, and you’re right when you say that our perceptions of how a player is performing can sometimes be contradicted by the actual numbers. I couldn’t care less about “Z” ratings, and like Joe, I can tell when a guy got a bad jump on a ball or isn’t hustling.
One number I could live without is the pitch count. Don’t get me started…

]]> By: Jason Hanselman http://herraysbaseball.com/2010/05/lets-talk-stats/comment-page-1/#comment-1669 Jason Hanselman Mon, 24 May 2010 19:09:03 +0000 http://herraysbaseball.com/?p=486#comment-1669 Thanks for the plug and cute dog. I'm glad he shares only a name with Rocco, since a balding, gimpy dog would not be as cool Thanks for the plug and cute dog. I’m glad he shares only a name with Rocco, since a balding, gimpy dog would not be as cool

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