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FavreFan

Post subject: Why was there a stat called WAR?

Posted: Mon May 01, 2017 10:45 pm

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Nas and leash wrote:

If PPG is good enough to judge basketball players than batting average is enough to judge baseball players!

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Post subject: Re: Why was there a stat called WAR?

Posted: Mon May 01, 2017 10:49 pm

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Because a generation of jock sniffing former bench warmers wanted some shine time

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SirTinkleButton

Post subject: Re: Why was there a stat called WAR?

Posted: Mon May 01, 2017 11:36 pm

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What is it good for?

Absolutely nothing.

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IMU

Post subject: Re: Why was there a stat called WAR?

Posted: Tue May 02, 2017 12:06 am

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FavreFan wrote:

Nas and leash wrote:

If PPG is good enough to judge basketball players than batting average is enough to judge baseball players!

PPG isn't good enough.

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FavreFan

Post subject: Re: Why was there a stat called WAR?

Posted: Tue May 02, 2017 12:07 am

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IMU wrote:

FavreFan wrote:

Nas and leash wrote:

If PPG is good enough to judge basketball players than batting average is enough to judge baseball players!

PPG isn't good enough.

According to every poster except myself in the NBA section it is.

Edit: except for Stockton and Paul. In that case it's ok to devalue scoring. The NBA section is a weird place.

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Hockey Gay

Post subject: Re: Why was there a stat called WAR?

Posted: Tue May 02, 2017 1:19 am

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Regular Reader wrote:

Because a generation of jock sniffing former bench warmers wanted some shine time

Yup. Nothing more needs to be added. This is perfect.

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