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Anatomy of a Collapse (October 15, 2003)
Discussion ThreadPosted 4:28 p.m.,
October 15, 2003
(#6) -
DK
Agreed with all above. This is cool.
one note: where is the SS in the final tally? Shouldn't there be a -.184 for the SS (or -.108 for the SS and Prior) since he booted the ball and didn't make the play.
Anatomy of a Collapse (October 15, 2003)
Posted 3:04 p.m.,
October 16, 2003
(#29) -
DK
To continue that... does the batters chances improve the longer the at bat is? For instance, Castillo's at bat was 9 pitches long (the 8th was the infamous foul). Conventional Wisdom says that with each pitch the batter improves his chances of getting on base. I suppose its because the pitcher is laboring or he has shown all he's got. Or it may be because the pitcher will eventually, given enough time, throw 4 balls.
I guess what I'm getting at is that it may not have been a 'let' since Castillos chances improved the longer he was fouling off pitches. I assume its a miniscule improvement, say .001
Anatomy of a Collapse (October 15, 2003)
Posted 3:58 p.m.,
October 16, 2003
(#31) -
DK(e-mail)
thanks tango. I really wouldn't expect it would change the WE of the game that much. Just something I thought of. I'll root around to see if I can find Wollner's study.
Cities with best players (October 23, 2003)
Posted 1:32 p.m.,
October 24, 2003
(#26) -
DK
Washington DC:
Baseball - Walter Johnson.
Football - Sammy Baugh.
Basketball - Michael Jordan (haha). Best franchise player ever is either Unseld or Hayes. Neither are top 10.
Hockey - Rod Langway. He probably gets both Montreal and Washington. Again, definitely not a top 10 player. Can't count Jagr. Mike Gartner would be next in my estimation.
Not that great, although have limited years in all sports except football.