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Originally Posted by Cobra Mgr
It may not indicate a major error. But it does indicate room for debate. It does indicate it is not the final analysis. It does indicate a person can use whichever one suits them in a debate. And, finally, it does indicate a person can use the opinion his naked eye forms because that conclusion is no better or worse than the one who came up with the rating.
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The first points, yes. The last point, no.
It's additional information. In fact, it's much better information than a person could ever create with their naked eye. By a laundry shoot.
And if you are debating with someone, and they are switching whichever WAR they want to suit their argument, that should tell you plenty about the strength of their argument and the person you are debating with.
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I would like to also ask those of you out there, what is the basis for saying batting average is subjective? I can understand the discussion stating BA by itself is not as accurate in determining a player's hitting ability. But the percentage of at-bats resulting in hits isn't subjective. It's fact.
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Doesn't account for walks, sacrifices aren't merited against it, a home run is equal to a single, etc.
Why not count a walk as a hit? Why not count a sacrifice as an out? Why not weigh each extra base hit differently?
It's because that's how it was originally created. That's it. Sacrifices don't count against your at bats, and walks are like they never happened.
That's what makes it subjective. It's created in interpretation by Chadwick for really no reason other than how it was originally created in cricket.