baycityblues (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} baycityblues) wrote,@ 2007-10-10 09:18:00 |
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joe torre
i wouldn't fire joe torre just because the yankees lost (again) in the alds. any short series is subject to a whole lot of statistical noise and small sample size. i'm not sure how much a manager adds to a team anyway. but i might fire him anyway.
i subscribe to www.baseballprospectus.com. if you play fantasy baseball or if you really want to understand the game i recommend it to you as well. real life baseball executives deal with these guys and with good reason. they really do see what's going on.
and if you want to find a reason to fire joe torre just take a look at this snippet from a chat with baseball prospectus founder gary huckabay:
Drew (New Jersey): Should Joe Torre be playing Doug or Giambi at first base? Giambi was in a slump at the end of the season and Doug was hot? Do you go with Doug because he's on a hot streak or because of his glove? If they were about the same defensively, would you go with the bad guy on a hot streak or the good hitter in a slump?
Gary Huckabay: I'm trying to envision the circumstance where I would start Mientkiewicz over Giambi. Perhaps if I were paid by the letter.
later all.
howard
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i wouldn't fire joe torre just because the yankees lost (again) in the alds. any short series is subject to a whole lot of statistical noise and small sample size. i'm not sure how much a manager adds to a team anyway. but i might fire him anyway.
i subscribe to www.baseballprospectus.com. if you play fantasy baseball or if you really want to understand the game i recommend it to you as well. real life baseball executives deal with these guys and with good reason. they really do see what's going on.
and if you want to find a reason to fire joe torre just take a look at this snippet from a chat with baseball prospectus founder gary huckabay:
Drew (New Jersey): Should Joe Torre be playing Doug or Giambi at first base? Giambi was in a slump at the end of the season and Doug was hot? Do you go with Doug because he's on a hot streak or because of his glove? If they were about the same defensively, would you go with the bad guy on a hot streak or the good hitter in a slump?
Gary Huckabay: I'm trying to envision the circumstance where I would start Mientkiewicz over Giambi. Perhaps if I were paid by the letter.
later all.
howard
Bay City Blues Phone Sex and TonyaJoneMiller.com
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