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Originally Posted by Jeffy25
We are just talking past each other here.
I never denied it being an opinion or didn't say it wasn't subjective. I said it falls into the same category that batting average does.
It was created with an imperfect formula. It is man made, it has it's flaws.
And yes, one is significantly more useful than the other.
You are treating batting average like it's this objective 1 plus 1 data point, and it's not. It was created based on Chadwick's opinion, and really based on how it was created in cricket.
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I'm not treating BA like anything else but a fact. Whether it is useful or not, I'm not going to say one way or the other. That's for each individual fan to decide for himself. But it can't be subjective. Three hits in 10 @bats is a .300 batting average no matter what any of our feelings are about it. We can't change that fact.
And if you didn't think it was an opinion, why did you thank Themaus2's post when he said batting average was a made up stat? Did I misunderstand his post? And why did you try to offer an explanation when I asked the reasoning behind saying it was subjective?