tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12133335.post1705174678113565922..comments2024-02-13T06:56:14.486-05:00Comments on Walk Like a Sabermetrician: Homers in (Win) Contextphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18057215403741682609noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12133335.post-77640622303968261892007-06-22T08:50:00.000-04:002007-06-22T08:50:00.000-04:00I certainly don't disagree with Kevin's comment th...I certainly don't disagree with Kevin's comment that most people are looking for "what would he do today" type lines. But that is the kind of the point of my post...offering a quick and dirty stab at translating the values and the values only. I personally don't get into the what if scenarios, because there are too many variables that you can't possibly know. Maybe Cobb, surly old cuss that he would be, would refuse to change his ways to the modern game and would look more like an Ichiro and bat .400. Maybe not.<BR/><BR/>Those questions are certainly interesting to speculate about, and I have no beef if others want to, it's just not something I feel comfortable doing. But there's no doubt that it is a more ambitious task for a sabermetrician to work on.phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18057215403741682609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12133335.post-78694930921831952492007-06-22T00:46:00.000-04:002007-06-22T00:46:00.000-04:00I like it, but I think most people who dabble in '...I like it, but I think most people who dabble in 'context conversions' want to know something along the lines of:<BR/><BR/>"What would Ty Cobb's batting line for 1908 look like if he played in 1998?" given assumptions like a win in 1908 is the same as a win in 1998, etc.<BR/><BR/>If you can come up with a good method to do those types of context conversions, then you'll REALLY have something.KJOKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08752319034752774181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12133335.post-67802207134824441342007-06-21T21:21:00.000-04:002007-06-21T21:21:00.000-04:00It's like somebody putting a bag over their head, ...It's like somebody putting a bag over their head, sticking it inside the door, telling you the party sucks, and leaves. Who does that?Tangotigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11864323151591103655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12133335.post-36021645976930827692007-06-21T16:06:00.000-04:002007-06-21T16:06:00.000-04:00I love vague, anonymous comments (I'm not referrin...I love vague, anonymous comments (I'm not referring to the first one--correcting my useage of a word is constructive).phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18057215403741682609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12133335.post-23621220733430147822007-06-21T14:56:00.000-04:002007-06-21T14:56:00.000-04:00Junk stat.Junk stat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12133335.post-88727425124061209932007-06-21T09:08:00.000-04:002007-06-21T09:08:00.000-04:00Bonds's 755 Gavvys isn't ironic. It's just a coinc...Bonds's 755 Gavvys isn't ironic. It's just a coincidence.<BR/><BR/>Great piece.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com