June 27, 201214 yr Oh brother, enough with the pretentious elitism fellas. General public, good lord.yeah not sure how I get labeled as acting elitist. People posting on message board during game = not general baseball public. Your average retired couple watching the twins on a Tuesday night in rural Minnesota = general baseball public. Idk, I just stating I don't see QS and WHIP as overly sabrmetric stats. I'm not being smug about it. Edited June 27, 201214 yr by edavis0308
June 27, 201214 yr Author Well, I'm glad we could all have this talk because this game is boooooooring.
June 27, 201214 yr Oh brother, enough with the pretentious elitism fellas. General public, good lord.This forum isn't the general public though, so.... pfffffffffffffffffft.
June 27, 201214 yr Author I'd like to take this moment to point out that the Twins are completely wasting a "quality start" from Liam Hendriks. A shame. Those don't seem to come around often.
June 27, 201214 yr I'd like to take this moment to point out that the Twins are completely wasting a "quality start" from Liam Hendriks.Well played.
June 27, 201214 yr Author Has anyone been tracking Hendricks' first pitch strikes? He still seems to be throwing too few of them, though overall his ball/strike ratio is decent.
June 27, 201214 yr Many of us just came from a Twins message board where we referred to ourselves as elitists, so get used to it. Moreover, there's nothing wrong with trying to uplift the discourse.How, it's not like anyone hasn't heard any of this a thousand times before, it's nothing new.
June 27, 201214 yr Well, I'm glad we could all have this talk because this game is boooooooring.I'm actually kind of enjoying watching Hendriks work tonight. Probably his best start of the season. Now if only we could get him some support.
June 27, 201214 yr How, it's not like anyone hasn't heard any of this a thousand times before, it's nothing new.Yes, there's lots that haven't, and they're what is referred to as "the general public".
June 27, 201214 yr Author Okay, enough about the pseudo-sabr semantics, guys. Let's get back to staring at zeros on the scoreboard.
June 27, 201214 yr How, it's not like anyone hasn't heard any of this a thousand times before, it's nothing new.To recap: 1) it's good to educate the public about stats, even if mislabeled sabr 2) it's elistist to suggest the general public doesn't know about these stats 3) it's nothing new so it's hardly uplifiting the discourse and not really elitist at all. You're going to be fun to post with in game threads.
June 27, 201214 yr Author I'm actually kind of enjoying watching Hendriks work tonight. Probably his best start of the season. Now if only we could get him some support.Oh, that part is great. The offense is what's letting the team down tonight, without a doubt. It'd be a shame for Hendriks to finally sort it out and pitch a good game but still get the loss.
June 27, 201214 yr Have sabermetrics even made it north of the border yet?Oh I get it now, it's an American thing. That explains the smugness.
June 27, 201214 yr Author Deep breaths, everyone. Don't make me send you to your rooms without dinner.
June 27, 201214 yr What I would give to see Bert's meltdown after letting up two ITP HR in one game. I mean, he had to have come unravelled a bit right?
June 27, 201214 yr Author Can this be my new screen name????!?!?Do you really want it? I can change it if you like.
June 27, 201214 yr yeah not sure how I get labeled as acting elitist. People posting on message board during game = not general baseball public. Your average retired couple watching the twins on a Tuesday night in rural Minnesota = general baseball public. Idk, I just stating I don't see QS and WHIP as overly sabrmetric stats. I'm not being smug about it. ---Hey how did my quote get pulled into this discussion?!? FWIW, I have no argument with anything said here and would not label anyone elitist based on it.
June 27, 201214 yr Justin still not looking comfortable at the plate. I am fearing a double play here.
June 27, 201214 yr Do you really want it? I can change it if you like.Why not? New board, new identity. I'm been running with this handle for 10 years...time for a change?
June 27, 201214 yr Another called strikeout. Sigh.How big was Guy Smiley's grin on the way back to the dugout?
June 27, 201214 yr ---Hey how did my quote get pulled into this discussion?!? FWIW, I have no argument with anything said here and would not label anyone elitist based on it.ha! That's my bad. I'm mobile and I accidentally hit the add quote button without knowing. I deleted it. all is well!
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