So says a new way to try and measure that:

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article....articleid=25647

 

Let’s establish a few things first. We know that over the course of a season, plate discipline gets worse for hitters, in the aggregate at least. Previous research has strongly suggested the obvious. The season is long and the players are tired. The effects aren’t visible to the naked eye (we’re talking about an extra strike every couple of hundred pitches), but the nice thing about big data is that you can see these patterns over time.

 

Goes on to talk for 5 hours about what they are measuring, then we find that over 3 seasons Ventura is better than average.

 

Last season alone, near the top of the list.

 

Signed,

Robin Ventura

 

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Pizza Cutter!

So says a new way to try and measure that:

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article....articleid=25647

 

 

 

Goes on to talk for 5 hours about what they are measuring, then we find that over 3 seasons Ventura is better than average.

 

Last season alone, near the top of the list.

 

Signed,

Robin Ventura

 

THEN WHOSE FAULT IS IT WHEN RONALD BELISARIO GIVES UPA HOPMERUN!!!!!!!!!!!!_

THEN WHOSE FAULT IS IT WHEN RONALD BELISARIO GIVES UPA HOPMERUN!!!!!!!!!!!!_

 

 

"Hope Runs" lead to many donations and raised awareness for numerous charitable causes across the country.

"Hope Runs" lead to many donations and raised awareness for numerous charitable causes across the country.

 

Dece? Is that a typo or hipster lingo?

Dece? Is that a typo or hipster lingo?

 

dece

 

Shortened form of "decent".

 

Joe: How did you like that movie?

John: It was dece

 

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dece

Whatever nerd

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Take Spring Training completely off, no fatigue at the end of your 70 win season!

Alexei Ramirez might disagree with that assessment.

 

This year's the first real test of that since 2012, when the team obviously wore down during the stretch run.

 

Guys like Eaton, Abreu, Conor...and most of the pitching staff, as a close to .500 team became a pretty bad/below average one.

 

 

The other problem here is separating for factors like Herm Schneider, or the fact that the bench has been very weak...thus not providing many legit options when resting regulars (see Leury Garcia).

 

And "pretty decent" doesn't exactly fill one with confidence, lol.

Edited February 24, 201511 yr by caulfield12

That's totes dece chief!

Ventura also dece looking manager according to this http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/white-sox/...-tied-for-third

Ventura also dece looking manager according to this http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/white-sox/...-tied-for-third

 

I can't believe this is even a thing

Alexei Ramirez might disagree with that assessment.

 

This year's the first real test of that since 2012, when the team obviously wore down during the stretch run.

 

Guys like Eaton, Abreu, Conor...and most of the pitching staff, as a close to .500 team became a pretty bad/below average one.

 

 

The other problem here is separating for factors like Herm Schneider, or the fact that the bench has been very weak...thus not providing many legit options when resting regulars (see Leury Garcia).

 

And "pretty decent" doesn't exactly fill one with confidence, lol.

 

But the thing is you are assuming Alexei Ramirez, managed by some other fantastic manager, would have completely prevented a second half collapse entirely, which this is saying that's pretty unlikely. He was going to wear down regardless, so it's a matter of degrees.