01-12-2009, 02:12 PM
<!--quoteo(post=10905:date=Jan 12 2009, 12:09 PM:name=PcB)-->QUOTE (PcB @ Jan 12 2009, 12:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=10896:date=Jan 12 2009, 11:39 AM:name=AnjoGer)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AnjoGer @ Jan 12 2009, 11:39 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=10831:date=Jan 12 2009, 08:01 AM:name=leonardsipes)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (leonardsipes @ Jan 12 2009, 08:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I think he is missing the fundamental argument against Dunn. Stat people over value BB and HR (what Dunn does well). People who watch the games, correctly value BB and HR, thus do not think Dunn is as good as stat people do. Though I am sure we consider him better than Bloomquist. If Posanski wanted to fairly represent the other argument, a better example would have been Ichiro.
Look at OBP, a walk is as good as a hit. Watch the games, intentional walk? pitching around the batter? it does not seem like a walk is as good as a hit. The reason OBP is not the most important thing, is what makes baseball, baseball. Look at HR totals, very impressive. Just get on base, stand there, and Adam Dunn will get you in on a HR. Watch the games. Dunn does not hit a HR every at bat. In fact not even every game. In fact, sometimes no one hits a HR. The game goes on, one team scores more runs than the other and wins.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Good post! I'd take Adam Dunn, but theres no space for him. Maybe we can let him DH or something. What's he asking for?
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Bring him.
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Look at OBP, a walk is as good as a hit. Watch the games, intentional walk? pitching around the batter? it does not seem like a walk is as good as a hit. The reason OBP is not the most important thing, is what makes baseball, baseball. Look at HR totals, very impressive. Just get on base, stand there, and Adam Dunn will get you in on a HR. Watch the games. Dunn does not hit a HR every at bat. In fact not even every game. In fact, sometimes no one hits a HR. The game goes on, one team scores more runs than the other and wins.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Good post! I'd take Adam Dunn, but theres no space for him. Maybe we can let him DH or something. What's he asking for?
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Bring him.
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A herd of buffalo can move only as fast as the slowest buffalo. When the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members.
In much the same way the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, we all know, kills brain cells, but naturally it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers.
In much the same way the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, we all know, kills brain cells, but naturally it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers.