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SABR 301 - Talent Distributions (June 5, 2003)
Discussion ThreadPosted 11:58 a.m.,
June 5, 2003
(#3) -
Yaz
Good Lord, Tango, that's great stuff. Very interesting. Thanks.
Sabermetrics Crackpot Index (August 29, 2003)
Posted 10:12 a.m.,
September 4, 2003
(#19) -
Yaz
I believe that Time Cube achieves a perfect score on the Crackpot Index.
Instructions for MVP (September 22, 2003)
Posted 1:56 p.m.,
September 25, 2003
(#7) -
Yaz
Scoriano, in looking at mlb.com, it appears the vote for the Hank Aaron Award is entirely fan-based. I just voted for Bonds and Manny. In addition, there does not seem to be a limit to how many times one might vote.
Previously, the HAA was decided strictly on stats; from baseball-almanac.com: " During the 1999 season, winners were determined by assigning a pre-determined number of points for each hit, home run, and run batted in. "
They go on to state that during the 2000 season, the award was voted on by broadcasters. Hmm, they'd do a MUCH better job than the BBWAA.
I favor opening up the vote to fans and players, as long as there are some sort of qualifications attached: can't vote for a teaamate, player must have a certain # of PA's or GS, IP, or whatever. I don't see any reason why the fans, players, coaches, etc should be shut out of voting. Writers seem to vote for what they think the best "story" of the year is, and are inconsistent in their voting patterns, both across years and on indiviual ballots. I think winning the BBWAA MVP/Cy Young/ROY means less now than ever before, as more and more fans are paying attention to more in-depth stats the writers ignore, and more fans vote in things like the Internet Baseball Awards.
But that's just me.
MLB Timeline - Best players by position (January 14, 2004)
Posted 3:00 p.m.,
January 14, 2004
(#4) -
Yaz
I can't believe that Tim Salmon was the best RF in baseball for five years. How about Tony Gwynn instead?