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Old 02-04-2008, 11:24 AM   #167
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Originally Posted by Jestre View Post
This is precisely what we anti-VORP'ers have been trying to get across to the "eggheads" this entire thread. VORP is not a good tool to measure what a players contribution 'WAS' to his team over a past period. Only what his individual value was independant of team value and team contribution. In the real world the team with the most runs wins, not the highest VORP.
If people who use VORP are eggheads then people who use RBI's as a primary tool of measurment are Joe Morgan's.

"Does he use use VORP and Sabermetrics to analyze and make decisions"
"No, he Joe Morgan's it"
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