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Post subject: Re: Len Kasper

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2018 8:18 am

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Don Tiny wrote:

good dolphin wrote:

Don Tiny wrote:

good dolphin wrote:

badrogue17 wrote:

Yeah I’m knocking one part of his broadcast / thought process. I’m not saying he isn’t good broadcaster. I don’t think anyone can objectively say he isn’t a solid pro.

Not only can they, they regularly do.

And there are also people that regularly say the Earth is flat ... that doesn't mean any reasonable person is going to respect that opinion.

It's a well respected opinion that Kasper is a phony, five headed hump. Fake, over inflected voice. Fake association with analytics. Fake rocker. Len is a douchey propagandist. If the Cubs had high batting averages, he would tell his listeners that batting averages are a great metric.

"Well respected" by whom precisely? One or two people you might be able to name and then extrapolate out to some nebulous "and many others" bullshit?

Googling "Len Kasper Sucks" provides a bounty of hits.

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Post subject: Re: Len Kasper

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2018 8:22 am

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rogers park bryan wrote:

Frank Coztansa wrote:

Better? With the Cubs, it seems that the 'better' one is the one which suits the argument best. I have seen MANY posts about Almora leading or being second in the NL in batting average.

His OB% barely cracks the top twenty.

Given a large enough sample size of plate appearances, its probably good to look at both stats as they will both tell you part of the story.
Just like looking at a starting pitcher's W-L record over a large number of starts will tell you about a pitcher. Lesson #1 is free for you there, IMU.

Well, one of the stats includes the entirety of the other stat.

One of them completely disregards the other.

Ill go with the all inclusive one. OBP is a better stat, there is no debating that.

of course you can debate the point depending on what exactly you are trying to analyze

The Moneyball statement that "we don't care how a person gets on base" isn't exactly true, especially for a guy who frequently gets beyond first base when he does get on base.