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Originally Posted by Syd Thrift
Zach vs CMC or whatever aside, all this crap about “only former players should evaluate” is insanity. John Clayton was great at his job, as was Chris Wesseling. I’m a big fan of Gregg Rosenthal’s insight. Mina Kimes does a great job with in depth, nerdy analysis. For that matter, Aaron Schatz has been great with it for years. Pablo Torres approaches sports like an investigative journalist and does a damn fine job of it. Max Kellerman knows more about boxing than any 2 people on this board put together. Colleen Wolfe does great too.
I mean this is a message board dedicated to a way of looking at baseball that practically didn’t exist before non-player Bill James wrote a series of publications in the 70s and 80s that detailed how sometimes baseball managers and GMs don’t seem to know what they’re doing, and then non-players Voros McCracken, Tom Tango, and a whole assortment of non-players have expanded on it since then until finally nowadays the people who “actually played the game” listen to the stat nerds. Even if they didn’t, why are you even here?
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I don't disagree with you. I just don't think anyone is an expert. Or very few. I can give you an example from recent history that can tell you a lot.
Deflategate. Anyone that came out and said the Patriots cheated and had a competitive advantage due to the air pressure in the ball had one of two reasons. They hated Brady and the Patriots. Or they never played a down of football at any level above peewee. The beauty of it is, they won't know those that played the game know that's crap. They'll just give their ignorant opinions. Those that played the game know the reality.
All QBs scuff the ball to their liking before games. This was just an extension of that. Brady was more comfortable with the ball at that level. I can remember my playing days. You can use any ball you want. You can even use the nerf ball with the fin on the back, if we're better than you, you're still getting your butts kicked.
This is a good example of opinions as a result of a lack of experience.