Sweick, nice job with the numbers. The trouble is, as bedir makes a point, which numbers are correct?
If you look at cold hard numbers, hitter vs hitter, Jhonny has the edge....probably his only one.
Numbers just aren't always the whole picture. I could go on about fundamental baseball but I won't....Fundamentally, who has the edge?
Sweeet play by Omar this season, the man is still a defensive marvel.
Nobody out.....runners on 1st and 2nd......
Groundball to the 2nd baseman, he flips the ball to Vizquel.....
Omar slides across 2nd base, then turns and fires to 3rd, nailing the runner there as he took a wide turn of the base....
Classic Omar....
And numbers (last I checked) would put Omar into the HOF ahead of Ozzie....Is he a shoe in?
Whats a player like Omar do for the fan base? Omar retires as an Indian, possible HOFer....
Do most fans see any impact a Kenny Lofton has with his return to Cleveland? Is that sabermetrical? (sabermetrical a word?)
If you look at just the numbers, in my opinion, your missing the entire picture.
Unfortunately, the entire picture is made up of each individuals own perceptions of the game.....their experiences, common sense, perceptions, understanding of the game, beliefs, etc, etc....
And thats why we're here....to hopefully make us all smarter.....I for one, didn't know how they valued 'a play'....
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