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March 11, 2010 |
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Baseball: VORP Speed Ahead, Mr. Pecota!
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http://baseballcrank.com/archives2/2010/03/baseball_vorp_s.php
Joshua Fisher, in the course of a useful primer on sabermetric stats, makes a point I've come back to again and again : Our arrogance comes from the strength of our position; we're right about baseball and we know it. The problem is that things have becom e almost cultish; our alphabet-soup language poses a formidable barrier to entering the club. And that's where these primers come in. If we can walk people through the silliness of pitcher wins and ERA, they'll greet FIP with open arms. That's the plan. B...
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