Reactionary idiot writes something reactionary.
I expect DF to prepare a full breakdown.
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hazel
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Meh
I don’t have the energy after two bit batting order posts this week. Don’t you work here?
I fully expect Buzz to be writing for BP in the next 12 months or so.
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by devil_fingers on Oct 29, 2009 10:46 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Thought snarky decon of bad sportswriting was your turf.
I was thinking about doing this one; I guess I will.
"Of course Kolby Rasmus was going deep! That’s what Kolby Rasmus does! You don’t give Kolby Rasmus second chances!" -Kolby Rasmus
by hazel on Oct 29, 2009 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
there's enough to go around
first come, first serve
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by devil_fingers on Oct 29, 2009 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Its not
An incredibly horrible article.
I do not agree with his idea that it takes money to make it to the playoffs, not that signing big name free agents is the key to success.
But his analysis of the A’s pitching and his idea that the book and the approach made OBP too expensive for the A’s to afford is correct. I also like his short stab at the idea that numbers trump scouts, because its just not true.
He couldnt have written the article last year with the Rays in the World Series, or the Brewers in the playoffs, but its not as awful as you might make it out to be.
by backtocali on Oct 30, 2009 4:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
He's taking down Moneyball six years after the fact,
when the playoffs just happened to shake out for richer teams, acting like Michael Lewis had some sort of agenda and is a sabermetric shill, still acting like Beane is trying to buy OBP when the point was undervalued assets, no matter what they are, are what small-market teams should be buying.
"Of course Kolby Rasmus was going deep! That’s what Kolby Rasmus does! You don’t give Kolby Rasmus second chances!" -Kolby Rasmus
by hazel on Oct 31, 2009 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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