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Originally Posted by Skipaway
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In this case, the folks whom you're trying to convince that Pedro or Mike Mussina is better than more "clutch" players like Curt Schilling or Nolan Ryan. Step one would be to point out the W-L percentages. Step 2 would be to reveal that there's an even better stat out there that basically figures out how many earned runs a player has prevented over time. Step 3, if your subject's eyes haven't glazed over already, is to tell them about the metric. You may need to repeat steps 2 and 3 at a later date. My point is, you're never going to get to that point if your step 1 is just to call them stupid and refuse to explain yourself.