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QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jul 17, 2013 -> 03:42 PM) Right, Ellsbury is sitting on 113 wRC+ versus Dunn's 110, and the difference is in the run values of the types of events involved. If you jsut look at OPS, you'd have to argue about whether or not you think Dunn's power is more valuable than Ellsbury's on base ability, and you'd never agree because it would be subjective. But linear weights stats just tell you straight out, based on which of them produce, on average, more runs. How big of a difference is 3 points in wRC+? Is that a small difference or a big difference? It seems very small.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 17, 2013 -> 03:10 PM) mmmmm don't think it was Voldemort AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jul 17, 2013 -> 02:33 PM) OPS drives me nuts more than AVG. Because if you quote OPS you're "trying" to be "more advanced" while using a stat that the sabermetric community abandoned as obsolete like 10 years ago. I've said it many times before, and I'll say it again: wOBA and wRC+ weigh everything a player does at the plate with precise values that correspond directly to the amount of runs each adds or subtracts in today's run environment. They are the perfect numbers for settling this debate over whether or not Adam Dunn is good because homers or bad because strikeouts. Use these numbers that tell you mathematically which of them has a larger affect on his value! When Bill James invented OPS like 500 years ago he immediately pointed out that it was flawed because it doesn't properly weigh the difference between avoiding outs and moving runners. wOBA and wRC+ do! And wRC+ is even park and league-adjusted. But at least for now, we're mentally calibrated on OPS. I know what a .900 OPS hitter is doing, I know what an .800 OPS hitter is doing, I know what a .700 hitter is doing, I know what a .600 OPS hitter was doing. When I quote those numbers, everyone knows roughly what that hitter is doing without me defining the standard. If you post RC+, great, but you have to calibrate me in the same post, I'm just not set on it yet.

QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Jul 17, 2013 -> 02:27 PM) The Sox did not pay him an insane amount of money. Ryan Howard makes an insane amount of money. He is not untradeable, but would need to go to the right situation to be successful. Trading Dunn is not going to net a top ten prospect, but he does have value. But...his value is less than the $20 million currently remaining on his contract by a fairly substantial amount. If someone is willing to take that on, they're already paying a premium price to try to supplement a need for this season.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jul 17, 2013 -> 02:20 PM) Right so Rolling Stone putting Charles Manson on the cover... http://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures...manson-28695264 That was 40 years ago, people now just fauxraging? Correct.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 17, 2013 -> 01:03 PM) Not sure if the Sox would let him go without some compensation They'd be nuts to hold on to him.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 17, 2013 -> 10:54 AM) With the Sox luck, he'd hit .153 So he'd be the best hitter on the team?

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 17, 2013 -> 09:45 AM) Micah is 30 years old playing minor league ball for the Nationals. The Sox are interested in Chris Owings, 21 year old SS who's hitting .353 at AAA. So he'd be the best hitter on the team?

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jul 17, 2013 -> 08:09 AM) At some point recently MLB changed the rule to make it so that there is a DH for every all-start game, regardless of home field. No one wants to see pitchers facing Chris Sale in the all star game. I know he can destroy them, I want to see him making all-stars look bad.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 16, 2013 -> 09:25 PM) Wat pith? Autocorrect missed the pitch by almost as much.

Carlos Gonzalez missed that pith by over a foot.

Sale made those 2 innings boring for the announcers.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 16, 2013 -> 03:20 PM) The Heat waived Mike Miller - By wiping his salary off the books, they move from the third tier of the luxury tax threshold into the second tier which = about $17 million saved. Well at least the cap is useful for something with that team. It's not a big blow to them but it does remove a shooter.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 16, 2013 -> 03:05 PM) Yeah, that's not what I mean though. That is just general douchebaggery not actually supported by anyone. I'm talking about when either: 1) black people are "the real racists" when they call out people who are doing or saying something obviously racist 2) white people telling black people what is or isn't racist and/or plugging ears and saying "get over it" when they try to talk about issues that affect them I think my least favorite came from the Zimmerman defense team, saying tht Zimmerman wouldn't have been charged if he was black, and someone either on that team or it might have been Zimmerman's brother saying that the whole case was an example of reverse racism.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 16, 2013 -> 11:01 AM) My reaction to the headline on Sportscenter was "f*** you" and I changed the channel. And what happened when you heard about Rose?

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jul 16, 2013 -> 10:58 AM) Yes, they are saying that now, but the violence is happening, and I'd be willing to bet that their dollars are going to end up in the hands of attorneys defending those committing the violence. I love how they get criticized for not saying things they actually did say and ten criticized more for people not listening to them.

I seriously can't fathom how anyone could honestly write and believe "it'd be over for him as a hitter" about a 20 year old.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Jul 16, 2013 -> 10:52 AM) Watch him go on a long power drought after the derby now. He's been in a long power drought, over 70 at bats since his last homer. He's hitting like .225 on the season, Adam Dunn territory.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 16, 2013 -> 09:12 AM) Rebuilding an offense can be done in an offseason. The same cannot be said for a rotation or bullpen. A bullpen can be rebuilt rapidly. The Rays seem to do it every year. It does require having starting pitching to get the bullpen in good situations though.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jul 16, 2013 -> 10:24 AM) Oh, and I'll be glad to see Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Jr. and the rest of the racial activists calling for calm in the wake of the verdict. You know, like not committing hate crimes: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/...0,5135359.story http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/22850763/jogg...t#axzz2Z8TvGzrd

I'm really enjoying these Pedro Gomez on the spot translated interviews

That was great.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jul 15, 2013 -> 04:55 PM) He's got some suits against the media i'd imagine. But yeah, I'd get out of town as fast as possible and hope you can find a job one day. He'll be able to earn a lot more doing lectures and media appearances now, just go from gun show to nra convention, he's a celebrity. The civil suit will take a chunk but he's already raised hundreds of thousands of dollars as it is without any earning ability.

QUOTE (JoshPR @ Jul 15, 2013 -> 04:31 PM) Maybe robin should go out and field then. Do you really think any other manager would have this pile of gunk contending? Not contending. More than just the fielding has sabotaged that. The injuries have killed, the death of Konerko has really, really, really killed (we desperately need an impact, middle of the order bat and he hasn't been there), and the slow starts by a couple guys (De Aza, Dunn, Keppinger) did damage as well. If we were playing the same level defense we were last year, I think we're a couple games below .500, maybe even .500. If Konerko was hitting like he did last year on top of that, then I'd think we were contending. Maybe not 1b, but at least able to give it the ol' college try.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jul 15, 2013 -> 04:12 PM) A head football coach has far, far more impact on the outcome of his team than a baseball manager. It's not even in the same ballpark for comparison. I would have agreed with you so much more had i not lived through 2011 and 2012 with the white sox. Those 2 seasons convinced me that a manager can really do enormous things for a baseball franchise, because I saw it happen.