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Originally Posted by HonusWagner
I dont understand? I sound harsh? I make a clearly stated and reasonable argument and some guy replies with a condescending 'nevermind'??
No, Girardi sends him out because of T's reputation, which has been established year after year. Which, if Gerardi should ever hit his head, lose his memory, and then have to relearn everything including his job (god forebid), he could look at T's career stats and compare to his current season stats, and likely still make the same decision.
No, I wouldnt refer to ratings at all. I would refer to stats. I would refer to my knowledge of that player. I would make a decision based on what I felt he was likely to do.
Think of it this way: current ratings make stats redundant. So invert that equation: stats make current ratings redundant.
Teixeira's current stats
2009 29 NYY AL 21 99 77 12 14 3 0 3 10 0 0 19 13 .182 .354 .338 .691 81 26 1 2 0 1 2 *3 |
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Well I disagree. Real life disagrees too. If I were going into a world series with a long term good hitter who was hitting 0.182 vs a 0.220 backup who just happened to be hitting 0.320, I'd still start the big guy, the guy with the ratings.
I haven't checked but I doubt if there are more than one or two situations where a bona fide star player was sat down for an entire playoff series based on stats.