08-06-2009, 11:53 PM
<!--quoteo(post=56207:date=Aug 6 2009, 09:49 PM:name=jstraw)-->QUOTE (jstraw @ Aug 6 2009, 09:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=56205:date=Aug 6 2009, 10:45 PM:name=cubbieblue)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (cubbieblue @ Aug 6 2009, 10:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=56202:date=Aug 6 2009, 09:43 PM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Aug 6 2009, 09:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->What does this mean? I've read it over 5 times, and I still can't make sense of it.
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <!--quotec-->the Cubs are paying almost $39.5 million to players who have lost the Cubs 2 more games than a team of minimum wage replacements players theoretically would.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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Uhm, yes, the article really hasn't been proofread it appears. It has some spelling, grammatical errors. But I don't see anything wrong with that sentence. Or do you just not understand WAR?
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Is "theoretically" anything like "hypothetically?"
What is "WAR?"
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I'm guessing the fact that you don't know what WAR is it why it makes no sense. WAR is wins above replacement. It's the amount of wins a player provides a team over a replacement player. A replacement player is about equal to a minor league player any team could find to replace any given player (or something like that). It's not a stat he made up. It's used fairly often in the new era statistics.
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <!--quotec-->the Cubs are paying almost $39.5 million to players who have lost the Cubs 2 more games than a team of minimum wage replacements players theoretically would.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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Uhm, yes, the article really hasn't been proofread it appears. It has some spelling, grammatical errors. But I don't see anything wrong with that sentence. Or do you just not understand WAR?
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Is "theoretically" anything like "hypothetically?"
What is "WAR?"
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I'm guessing the fact that you don't know what WAR is it why it makes no sense. WAR is wins above replacement. It's the amount of wins a player provides a team over a replacement player. A replacement player is about equal to a minor league player any team could find to replace any given player (or something like that). It's not a stat he made up. It's used fairly often in the new era statistics.