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Old 08-11-2023, 10:45 PM   #28
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Originally Posted by uruguru View Post
Fair enough. There was a miscommunication. I asked if you had ever calculated WAR, and you said yes. Which of course would be silly. I appreciate you clarifying it.


Yes, I agree that people use WAR all of the time as if it is authoritative. As someone who is both a baseball geek and a math geek, I see it as sort of a mass delusion or maybe (more accurately) a misguided and uncritical acceptance of expert authority. Those guys must know what they are doing!
What statistics do you prefer?
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