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He does take the role that fans thought Malloy would take. They might want to give him another year in AAA or maybe he'll be included in a trade.

I am not worried about the salary. It's just one year. It's encouraging that they are willing to take on a salary to win now. They need a right-handed hitter and I love players that get on base.

I didn't know who said that before I read it, but it was pretty obvious right away. I miss having an intelligent speaker as President.

Yeah, I don't think saying someone is good with money because they are Jewish is necessarily hatred. More often than not, it is probably an ignorant compliment, but saying that they control the world because they are good with money is definitely different.

Complete Game, 138 pitches in a World Series game. Real Man.

I have read nothing about him having problems with teammates. It's treally hard for fans to know such things unless it becomes obvious which is rare. A fan might be concerned that he'll leave the team again which may or not be a legitimate concern, but that doesn't mean the players had a problem with it.

Because he always has to be different.

If he insists on a "no trade", it would make his statement about not wanting to leave Detroit seem more legit.

I am pretty sure he'll opt out. If he did opt in, he'd be a bargain.

I know he struck out a lot and made some arrogant quotes, but Inge was a lot better than Walewander and Kelly. His defense and moderate power was strong enough to make him a legit starting third baseman for a few years.

I don't think we'd be happy if the Tigers signed Jimenez for three years.

Can't make a trade without knowing who the first base coach is going to be.

Someone first has to tell him how to spin it make him look responsible.

At the team level, It is less correlated with runs scored than any of OBP, slugging and OPS. I think it has little use as an overall evaluation tool. It has some use as a situational stat or as a descriptive measure.

One of the big problems with BA though is that it largely based on luck. The non-hitting portion or OBP (eyeso as Shelton used to call it) is more controllable than the hitting portion. I do agree with your overall view that there is no one stat which fits every situation. I do think that the majority of bats over the course of the season do not involve playing for one run, so I think OPS covers more situations than batting average.

Because good hitters that draw a lot of walks are selfish. They are only interested in their own stats and don't want to help their team win.

Without a doubt. But for decades fans have used batting average as a summary stat and it's terrible for that purpose. OPS would be better.

yeah, I think OPS is as far as 95% of the baseball population will go. I think OPS is fine though. I see sabers bitching about how wOBA or some other advanced stat is better and people should be using it. The other stats really aren't THAT much better though. If people drop batting average in favor of OPS, I'd be happy and wouldn't expect them to go further than that.

I think a lot of young fans still care about pitcher wins. I still think the vast majority of fans still go by wins, ERA, batting average, home runs and RBI. I am fortunate to live in some online bubbles where fans are more stat savvy. I doubt more than 5% of baseball fans have heard of fangraphs or Baseball Prospectus.

I don't hate twitter. I think the owner is a moron, but it remains a fairly useful media tool.

It's a strength.

I would rather apologize, but I'm not a salesman.

Careful, you'll give Lynn Henning a heart attack.

"without apologizing" I am pretty sure he has not aplogized for anything his entire life.

I used to think "there was no way people would fall for this today". Now, I think it would be even more likely to happen today.