Comments on: Hey, turns out the M’s have a great bench

By: milendriel

milendriel — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 05:52:43 +0000

Wrong, because there’s more than one kind of hit. We like to call these “singles,” “doubles,” “triples,” and “home runs.” Batting average doesn’t tell you anything about the distribution of a batter’s hits among these types. If OBP’s are equal, the guy with the higher SLG is more valuable.

By: behappy

behappy — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:18:04 +0000

A hit is still more valuable than a walk. So two guys have the same OBP, the guy with the higher BA would have more value.

By: msb

msb — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:36:53 +0000

from Stark this morning:

“It took the Tigers about 45 minutes to trade for Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis this winter. It seemed as if it took the Mariners somewhere around a century to trade for Erik Bedard. But now that this deal is finally done, Bedard and Felix Hernandez loom as the AL’s most terrifying top-of-the-rotation tag team. On the other hand, it tells you this team must be at least slightly flawed when one of its big spring questions is: “Uh-oh. How do we replace the invaluable contributions of Jose Guillen?”"

By: JI

JI — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:17:05 +0000

How ’bout this gem?

Standing to Ichiro’s right most of time in 2008 will be the veteran Raul Ibanez, recognized more for his bat than his glove, but more than just a decent defender.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080122&content_id=2352533&vkey=news_sea&fext=.jsp&c_id=sea

By: HamNasty

HamNasty — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:29:33 +0000

I am going to jump in with a technicality. The opposite of a hit does not have to be an out. You can swing and miss and have it be a strike. I do fully agree that the opposite of and out is not a hit.

By: Terminator X

Terminator X — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:33:09 +0000

Metz123 – The opposite of a hit is an out. The opposite of an out is NOT NECESSARILY a hit. The opposite of an out is either a hit, walk, or HBP. This is all that is trying to be conveyed to you.

By: mln

mln — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:08:45 +0000

More similarities between Jose Vidro and Edgar:

Both have two legs and two arms.

Both have two eyes and two ears.

Both have a mouth and a nose.

See, who says that Jose Vidro is not a good comparison to Edgar?!

By: Dave in Palo Alto

Dave in Palo Alto — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:37:18 +0000

#84 — Actually you can record a hit that directly produces an out. I’ll let you guess what it is.

And anyway, I think you are a little unclear on the difference between antonyms and components of a related group.

And finally anyway, IMHO you only kill a defensive position on the roster with a non-fielding DH when the player approaches Edgarnosity. Turbo doesn’t make the cut.

By: skipj

skipj — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:33:28 +0000

RE: #53
Your very correct comment made me recall an interview with uber-nice-guy and great player John Olerud:

Interviewer: “So, you lead the team (M’s) in doubles!”
John: “Well, with my speed, I turn a lot of triples into doubles.”

More players like that, please.

By: metz123

metz123 — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:21:09 +0000

noun
1. a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other; “to him the antonym of ‘gay’ was ‘depressed’” [syn: antonym] [ant: equivalent word]

As in “I thought he was out at first base, instead he was safe.”

The opposite of out is safe. You can’t record a base hit and be out. They are opposite events.

I’m outta this discussion. You guys can’t see the forest through the trees.